1. Nicola Beer previously was a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2019 and part of her party's leadership.
13 Facts About Nicola Beer
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Nicola Beer finished highschool with a bilingual degree in German and French in 1989.
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Nicola Beer went on to study law at the University of Frankfurt from 1991 until 1997.
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Nicola Beer was first elected as member of the State Parliament of Hesse in the 1999 state elections.
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Nicola Beer was a FDP delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2004,2009,2010,2012 and 2017.
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Ahead of the 2017 elections, Nicola Beer was elected to lead her party's campaign in the state of Hesse.
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Nicola Beer later became a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.
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In September 2018, Nicola Beer announced that she would lead the FDP list and run for a parliamentary seat in the 2019 European elections.
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Nicola Beer joined the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, where she has served as rapporteur on the Critical Raw Materials Act.
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From 2019 to 2023, Nicola Beer served as one of the three deputies of Christian Lindner in his capacity as FDP chairman.
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In 2023, Nicola Beer was nominated by the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz to become one of the vice-presidents of the European Investment Bank.
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Nicola Beer has repeatedly publicly denied the consensus of climate science on extreme weather events.
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Nicola Beer has been an outspoken proponent of Taiwan's independence; in 2022, she made an official trip to Taipeh and met with President Tsai Ing-wen.