After studying business administration and gaining his doctorate, Dr Hermann-Josef Tebroke worked for several years as a research assistant and later as a professor of finance in Augsburg, Münster, Hamburg and Bayreuth. In 2001, he moved with his family to Lindlar in the Bergisches Land region and was mayor there from 2004. In November 2011, he was elected County Commissioner of the Rheinisch-Bergischer district. Since the 2017 Bundestag elections, he has been a directly elected member of the Bundestag for the Rheinisch-Bergischer district.