Petra Hinz (born 10 June 1962 in Essen) is a German politician and impostor.

[2] Hinz left school with a university of applied sciences entrance qualification in 1983, and afterwards completed a year of internship at a local bank (Sparkasse) and a vocational training as a presenter from 1985 to 1987.

Hinz has been a SPD member since 1980 and worked for the party since 1982 in different positions, such as vice district chairwoman.

[1] Hinz made headlines after allegations that she bullied her employees and faked essential parts of her curriculum vitae (CV), falsely claiming that she took her A-levels in 1984 and studied Law and Political Science for ten years from 1985 to 1995.

On 30 August, it was reported that the resignation of her Bundestag seat with effect of 1 September 2016 was now formally accepted.