Nina Scheer (born 11 September 1971) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013. Her political interests include

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and climate change. In 2019, Scheer was an unsuccessful candidate in the

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, in a team with

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. Her father was Hermann Scheer, also a SPD Bundestag member.

Early life and career

Scheer was born in Berlin. From 1991 to 1996 she studied music with a specialization in the violin at the Folkwang University of the Arts in

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

, then studied law at the University of Bonn. In 2008 she obtained a doctorate in political science at the University of Leipzig.

Political career

Scheer has been a member of the German Bundestag since the

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, standing in the electoral district

Herzogtum Lauenburg – Stormarn-Süd Herzogtum Lauenburg – Stormarn-Süd (English language, English: Duchy of Lauenburg – Stormarn-South) is an electoral constituency (German language, German: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-po ...

, which encompasses the administrative district Duchy of Lauenburg and parts of Stormarn. Though she lost to

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in both elections, she entered parliament through the SPD's

party list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

. 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's rapporteur on

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. In addition, she has been a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development since 2018. Since the

2021 elections Many elections occurred in 2021. The National Democratic Institute maintains calendar of elections around the world * 2021 United Nations Security Council election * 2021 national electoral calendar * 2021 local electoral calendar Africa * 2021 ...

, Scheer has been serving as her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for climate protection and energy. She also joined the Subcommittee on International Climate and Energy Policy. Within the SPD parliamentary group, Scheer belongs to the

Parliamentary Left The Parlamentarische Linke ( en, Parliamentary Left, abbreviated ''PL'') is a platform within the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)'s Bundestag group. As of 2022, 96 of the group's 206 members belong to the Parliamentary Left, making it t ...

, a left-wing movement. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of

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Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the SPD following the 2013 elections, Scheer was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on energy policy, led by Peter Altmaier and Hannelore Kraft. Jointly with

, Scheer was a candidate in the

, with an emphasis on combating climate change. The duo was eliminated in the first round of voting with 14.6% of the vote.

Other activities

Government bodies

Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund The Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (german: Fonds zur Finanzierung der kerntechnischen Entsorgung) is a German federal fund to manage the financial endowment for long-term nuclear waste storage sites. The fund is organised as a trust and falls into th ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2017) * Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board (since 2014)

Non-profit organizations

* Agora Energiewende, Member of the CouncilCouncil
Agora Energiewende. * German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board * Eurosolar, Member * International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), Member

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheer, Nina 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