Political career
From 2005 to 2013, Ahrendt was a member of the German Bundestag. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Internal Affairs from 2005 until 2009. He was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on legal affairs.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the FDP and the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) following the 2009 federal elections, Ahrendt was part of the FDP delegation in the working group on transport policy, led by Hans-Peter Friedrich and Patrick Döring.[2]
