Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957) is a German politician.

Life

2004 to 2009 she was a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

for

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

, part of the

European Greens The European Green Party (EGP), also referred to as European Greens, is a transnational, European political party representing national parties from across Europe who share Green values. The European Greens works closely with the Greens–Eur ...

. She was chair of the delegation for relations with

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and a member on the delegation for relations with

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

and the Delegation for relations with the

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

Parliamentary Assembly, the

Foreign Affairs committee Foreign Affairs Committee may refer to: * Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development * Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade * Foreign Affairs Committee of t ...

and the

Subcommittee on Security and Defence The Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament. It is responsible for European security and defence policy, including institutions, capabilities and operations, as we ...

. In January, she was not reelected on a place on the European Parliamentary election list for Alliance 90/The Greens. She left the Green Party at the end of March 2009. As a reason for her exit, she criticised the Green Party's aspiration after power and the loss of its pacifistic orientation. In November 2009 she became a member of

Pirate Party Germany The Pirate Party Germany (), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the information society; it is part of the i ...

. In May 2012 she was elected as one of six Pirates to become a member of the state parliament of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

. Angelika Beer is married since 2003 with Bundeswehr Colonel lieutenant Peter Matthiesen.

External links

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Angelika Beer
official website
Beer now member of the Pirate Party
(German)

''Der Spiegel'' (2 May 2001) 1957 births Living people Alliance 90/The Greens politicians MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 Members of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 20th-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 1987–1990 21st-century women MEPs for Germany Politicians from Kiel Alliance 90/The Greens MEPs Leaders of political parties in Germany Pirate Party Germany politicians {{Germany-Greens-politician-stub