Career
He served as an advisor for cultural activities, intercultural cooperation and music at the Evangelical Church in Saxony and was also chairman of the Federal Association for cultural activities in the Evangelical Youth Movement, Bundesverband Kulturarbeit in der evangelischen Jugend (BKA). Political During the German federal election of 2009 Feist ran as a Christian Democratic Union candidate in the electoral district Leipzig II, which had previously been represented by Gunter Weißgerbe (Social Democratic Party of Germany). Feist received a direct mandate to the Bundestag, having obtained more votes than the former mayor of Leipzig, Wolfgang Tiefensee (Social Democratic Party of Germany), among others
He was a representative in the committees for Petition and Foreign Relations.