Education
He graduated in 1997 after passing the first state examination in Law.
He graduated in 1997 after passing the first state examination in Law.
In 1993 after school Mayer went to Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich to study law. In 2000 he successfully passed second state examination in Law and from 2009 he has been working as a lawyer in the law company Nachmann Vilgertshofer Scharf Barfuß Rechtsanwalts GmbH in Munich. From 1994 to 2003, Mayer was a Chairman of the Regional Association of the youth organisation Junge Union in Altötting.
Since 1997 he is a Deputy Chairman of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) district association Altötting and since then he also belongs to the council of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) Upper Bavaria district.
In addition, he is the chairman of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. Moreover, Mayer is a Chairman of the Working Group for Internal Affairs, law, sport, voluntary work, culture and media of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union). In February 2016, Mayer accompanied the President of the German Bundestag Norbert Lammert on a visit to the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan to learn more about the plight of Syrians fleeing the violence in the ongoing Syrian civil war that erupted in 2011.
Since 2010, Mayer has been serving as the President of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (Technisches Hilfswerk-Bundesvereinigung eV) and President of the Federal Civil Defence and Protection against disasters in Federal Republic of Germany.
Since 2006, Mayer is a Deputy Regional Chairman of the Union of Expellees ( Union der Vertriebenen (UdV)), and since 2009 a member of the Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) party.
European Union Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag]
Since 2002 he is a member of the German Bundestag and spokesman for Home Affairs of the Christian Democratic Union / Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) parliamentary group, and member of the Executive Board of the Christian Democratic Union / Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. Member of Parliament, 2002–present
Since the 2002 elections, Mayer has been a member of the Bundestag. In the Bundestag, Mayer is a full member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and of the Sports Committee.
He is also a member of the Parliamentary Control Panel, which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany’s intelligence services.
In addition, he is an alternate member of the Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Development and of the National Security Agency Investigation Committee. Association of German Foundations, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2009)
Foundation Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2005)
German Historical Museum (DHM), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2005)
Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2005)
Foundation Archives of Parties and Mass Organisations of the German Democratic Republic in the Federal Archives (SAPMO), Member of the Board of Trustees (2009-2013).
