Education
After obtaining Abitur 1982 in Königstein im Taunus, Hardt served as a naval officer in the Bundeswehr for four years and studied economics in Heidelberg and Cologne from 1986 to 1993.
After obtaining Abitur 1982 in Königstein im Taunus, Hardt served as a naval officer in the Bundeswehr for four years and studied economics in Heidelberg and Cologne from 1986 to 1993.
From 1992 to 2001 Hardt worked for the federal office of the Christian Democratic Union () and for the /Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) parliamentary group in the, including as head of the secretary-general’s office from 1995 to 1998. From 2001 to 2009 he was a senior manager at Vorwerk, a family business in Wuppertal. Since 2003 he is chairman of the Wuppertal county branch of the and since 2005 deputy chairman of the Bergisches Land district branch of the
Hardt was first elected to the in the 2009 federal election, representing Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal World War II
In April 2014 he succeeded Philipp Mißfelder as Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation.
Hardt defended his seat in parliament by winning the majority of votes in his electoral district in the 2013 election.
European Union Parliamentary Group in the German. Committee on the Affairs of the European Union. Committee on Foreign Affairs.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly
He is a Christian Democratic Union member of the Hardt was Federal chairman of the Association of Christian Democratic Students (Royal College of Defence Studies) from 1987 to 1989 and from 2004 to 2009 member of Wuppertal city council and chairman of its economics committee.
He is a member of the "s defence committee, the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly.
