Eduard Lintner

Parliamentary Secretary in Germany Eduard Lintner (born 4 November 1944 in Marktlangendorf, Sudetenland) is a German politician and lobbyist.

[4][5] Eduard Lintner was chairman of the Lower Franconia District Association of the Bavarian Red Cross until 2017 and has been its honorary member ever since.

[7] After he stopped running for the Bundestag in the 2009 elections, Lintner founded the "Society for the Promotion of German-Azerbaijani Relations" based in Berlin and has been its sole managing partner ever since.

[9] The resolution calls on the member states to actively counter the views expressed by creationists or supporters of "intelligent design" and to classify them as a threat to freedom and democracy in Europe.

[10] Eduard Lintner has been actively lobbying for the government of Azerbaijan, which is known for serious human rights violations and heavy crackdown on opposition.

[19][20] In 2018, Eduard Lintner and Karin Strenz were banned from the Council of Europe and its parliamentary assembly for life due to investigations by the EU.

[21][22] In January 2024 German prosecutors brought bribery and corruption charges against Eduard Lintner and another CDU member - Axel Fischer.