1. Sabine Verheyen was born on 24 October 1964 and is a German architect and politician who has served as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since July 2024, having been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009.
10 Facts About Sabine Verheyen
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Sabine Verheyen is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
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From 1983 to 1988, Verheyen studied architecture at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences.
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In Brussels, Sabine Verheyen has been sharing an apartment with fellow parliamentarian Monika Hohlmeier since 2009.
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From 1994 to 2009 Sabine Verheyen was a member of the city council of Aachen.
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Sabine Verheyen has since served as a member of the Committee on Culture and Education; since 2019, she has been its chairwoman.
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Sabine Verheyen is a member of the European Internet Forum, the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights.
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In October 2021, Sabine Verheyen was elected as one of five deputies of Hendrik Wust as chair of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Sabine Verheyen was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.
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Ahead of the 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, Sabine Verheyen publicly endorsed Armin Laschet to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.