After completing his military service, Friedrich Straetmanns studied law and political science from 1982 to 1989, including a traineeship. Afterwards he worked as a lawyer for a short time and then at the Diakonisches Werk until 1992. He then became a judge at the Social Court of Detmold. He became member of the bundestag after the
2017 German federal election. He is a member of the Committee for Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Committee for the Examination of Elections. == References ==