Thomas von der Vring is a German politician. From 1979 to 1994 he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), representing Germany for the Social Democratic Party. From 1989 to 1994 he served as Chair of the Committee on Budgets.^[1]

He went to school from 1943 to 1957. From 1957 to 1963 he studied history, sociology and national economy in Munich and Frankfurt. In 1963 he graduated in Frankfurt.