Nina Scheer
Nina Scheer | |
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 Scheer in 2019 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1971 Berlin |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | SPD |
| Children | 1 |
Nina Scheer(born 11 September 1971) is a German lawyer and politician of theSocial Democratic Party(SPD) who has been a member of theBundestagsince 2013. Her political interests includeenergy policyandclimate change.In 2019, Scheer was an unsuccessful candidate in the2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany leadership election,in a team withKarl Lauterbach.Her father wasHermann Scheer,also a SPD Bundestag member.
Early life and career
[edit]Scheer was born inBerlin.From 1991 to 1996 she studied music with a specialization in theviolinat theFolkwang University of the ArtsinEssen,then studiedlawat theUniversity of Bonn.In 2008 she obtained a doctorate inpolitical scienceat theUniversity of Leipzig.[1]
Political career
[edit]Scheer has been a member of the GermanBundestagsince the2013 elections,standing in the electoral districtHerzogtum Lauenburg – Stormarn-Süd,which encompasses theadministrative districtDuchy of Lauenburgand parts ofStormarn.Though she lost toNorbert Brackmannin both elections, she entered parliament through theSPD'sparty list.
In parliament, Scheer served on the Committee on the Economic Affairs and Energy from 2014 until 2017 before moving to the Committee on the Environment, Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety as well as to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection in 2018. In this capacity, she was her parliamentary group'srapporteuronnuclear energy.In addition, she has been a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development since 2018. Since the2021 elections,Scheer has been serving as her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for climate protection and energy.[2]She also joined the Subcommittee on International Climate and Energy Policy.[3]
Within the SPD parliamentary group, Scheer belongs to theParliamentary Left,a left-wing movement.[4]
In the negotiations to form aGrand CoalitionofChancellorAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and the SPD following the 2013 elections, Scheer was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on energy policy, led byPeter AltmaierandHannelore Kraft.[5]
Jointly withKarl Lauterbach,Scheer was a candidate in the2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany leadership election,with an emphasis oncombating climate change.[6]The duo was eliminated in the first round of voting with 14.6% of the vote.[7]
Other activities
[edit]Government bodies
[edit]- Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund,Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2017)[8]
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway(BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board (since 2014)[9]
Non-profit organizations
[edit]- Agora Energiewende,Member of the Council[10]
- German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
- Eurosolar,Member
- International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms(IALANA), Member
References
[edit]- ^"German Bundestag - Dr. Nina Scheer".German Bundestag.Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^Jonas Jordan (17 December 2021),SPD-Fraktion: Das sind die Sprecher*innen der Ausschussarbeitsgruppen[permanent dead link]Vorwärts.
- ^Lisa Badum leitet Unterausschuss zur Klima- und EnergiepolitikBundestag,press release of 8 April 2022.
- ^MembersParliamentary Left.
- ^"SPD mit dem Fuß an der Bremse".Retrieved4 February2020.
- ^"Mache Dir ein Bild von Nina Scheer & Karl Lauterbach!".Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)(in German).Retrieved1 March2020.
- ^"German Finance Minister Scholz favorite to lead SPD — but faces runoff".Retrieved19 December2019.
- ^Mitglieder des Kuratoriums der Stiftung „Fonds zur Finanzierung der kerntechnischen Entsorgung “benanntArchived24 September 2019 at theWayback MachineFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy,press release of 12 March 2017.
- ^Members of the Advisory BoardFederal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway(BNetzA)
- ^CouncilAgora Energiewende.
External links
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| International | |
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein
- Politicians from Berlin
- University of Bonn alumni
- Leipzig University alumni
- Folkwang University of the Arts alumni
- Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
- Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany