Claudia Gamon
Claudia Gamon | |
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 Gamon in 2019. | |
| Member of the European Parliament forAustria | |
| In office 2 July 2019[1][2]– 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1988 Feldkirch,Austria |
| Political party | NEOS – The New Austria |
Claudia Angela Gamon[3](German pronunciation:[ˈklaʊdi̯aˈʔaŋɡelaɡaˈmoːn];[4]born 23 December 1988) is an Austrian politician and former student union functionary who served as aMember of the European Parliamentfrom2019to 2024.[5]Gamon has been a member of theNational Council of Austriasince October 2015.
Background
[edit]Gamon was born in Feldkirch and raised inNenzing.After her 2007 graduation fromBundesgymnasium Bludenz, she received her bachelor's degree inInternational Business AdministrationfromVienna University of Economics and Businessin 2011. From 2011 until 2015, she had her master studies at theVienna University of Economics and Business.[3]
From 2010 to 2013, Claudia Gamon was responsible for marketing and sales in her parents' wine business. From June 2013 she worked in various positions at the federal party of NEOS, among other things as assistant to the campaign manager and the federal managing director as well as responsible for communication and press. From January to August 2015, Gamon worked in project management atÖAMTC(de) before being in the National Council. [6]
Politics
[edit]Student union
[edit]In the 2011Austrian Students' Associationelection, Gamon became Austria's top candidate for JuLis (nowJUNOS – Young liberal NEOS) and was first sent as a mandatary to the student body[7]She also returned in 2013.[8][9]
Federal politics
[edit]From 2011, Gamon was involved as a co-initiator of theinitiative against church privileges(de).[10]With the founding ofNEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forumin October 2012, she focused her political work there.[11]
In the2013 Austrian legislative election,Claudia Gamon joined NEOS in theWien Innen-Ost regional constituency(de) as a top candidate and was placed on the Vienna state list (4th place) and the NEOS federal list (6th place) relatively far ahead.[12][13]
AfterBeate Meinl-Reisingerannounced her resignation from the National Council on September 24, 2015, Claudia Gamon was designated as her successor by NEOS.[14]Since 12 October 2015 Gamon has been the party's youngest member of the National Council. [15]
In the 25th National Council, Gamon is Area Spokesperson for the NEOS-Club for Science and Research, Court of Auditors, Women, Youth and Sport. She is a member of the National Council Committees for Research, Innovation and Technology, Sport, the Court of Auditors, the Standing Subcommittee of the Court of Auditors and the Scientific Committee. In 2017, Gamon filledNiko Alm's (de) vacancy in theWien provincial constituency(de).[3]Gamon was re-elected in the NEOS party list in2017.
Member of the European Parliament
[edit]In December 2018, Gamon announced viaInstagramthat she would be a NEOS candidate for the2019 European Parliament election.She wanted a "strong Europe" that joins forces to make decisions and is "successful, recognized, peaceful and prosperous".[16]On 26 January 2019, Gamon was nominated at the NEOS-meeting as the party's top candidate.[17]
From 2021, Gamon was part of the Parliament's delegation to theConference on the Future of Europe.[18]
In addition to her committee assignments, Gamon was part of theSpinelli Group,[19]theMEPs Against Cancergroup,[20]the European Parliament Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)[21]and the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability.[22]
References
[edit]- ^"Key dates ahead".European Parliament. 20 May 2017.Retrieved28 May2019.
- ^"Key dates ahead".BBC News.22 May 2017.Retrieved28 May2019.
- ^abc"Claudia Angela Gamon auf den Webseiten des österreichischen Parlaments".Archived from the original on 11 April 2017.Retrieved12 June2019.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"Gamoon, so wie Tschamoon, Tschabruun o.ä."(Twitter 28.01.2019, 11.58)
- ^"Die Neuen im EU-Parlament: EU-Wahl: Strache müsste bis 2. Juli auf Mandat verzichten".kleinezeitung.at(in German). 28 May 2019.Retrieved3 March2020.
- ^Claudia Gamonauf meineabgeordneten.at.
- ^Rosa Winkler-Hermaden (27 May 2011)."Wir wünschen uns eine liberale Partei im Nationalrat".derStandard.at.Retrieved29 January2019.
- ^"Claudia Gamon ist Spitzenkandidatin der JuLis".derStandard.at.21 March 2013.Retrieved29 January2019.
- ^"Claudia Gamon, frankophile WU-Studentin".diePresse.21 March 2013.Retrieved29 January2019.
- ^Initiatoren des Volksbegehrens gegen Kirchenprivilegienauf der Seite der Initiative gegen Kirchenprivilegien.
- ^Egyed, Marie-Theres; Winkler-Hermaden, Rosa (14 March 2013)."Frank Stronach hat uns zum Essen eingeladen".derStandard.at.Retrieved29 January2019.
- ^Landeswahlvorschläge Wienfür die Nationalratswahl 2013. Retrieved from the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
- ^Bundeswahlvorschlag NEOSfür die Nationalratswahl 2013. Retrieved from the website of the Federal Ministry of the Interior.
- ^"Nationalrat: Meinl-Reisinger legt Mandat zurück".diePresse.24 September 2015.Retrieved29 January2019.
- ^Iris Bonavida (13 October 2015)."Neos: Thatcher, Schmidt und Clinton als Vorbild".diePresse.Retrieved29 January2019.
- ^Marie-Theres Egyed (9 December 2018)."Claudia Gamon will ins EU-Parlament".derStandard.at.Retrieved9 December2018.
- ^"Gamon als NEOS-Spitzenkandidatin für EU-Wahl fix".ORF.at.26 January 2019.Retrieved26 January2019.
- ^Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of EuropeEuropean Parliament.
- ^Board & MembersSpinelli Group.
- ^MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislatureArchived2 February 2020 at theWayback MachineMEPs Against Cancer.
- ^Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)European Parliament.
- ^Members of the Disability Intergroup - Renew EuropeArchived29 November 2020 at theWayback MachineEuropean Disability Forum.
External links
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- Biography, contact details and speeches since 1996 of Claudia Gamonat theParliament of Austria(German)
- Claudia Gamonauf meineabgeordneten.at.
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