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In the negotiations to form a so-called [[traffic light coalition]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green Party]] and the FDP following the [[2021 German federal election|2021 federal elections]], Westig was part of her party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired by [[Katja Pähle]], [[Maria Klein-Schmeink]] and [[Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus]].<ref>[https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1316022 Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP] ''[[Deutschlandfunk]]'', 27 October 2021.</ref> |
In the negotiations to form a so-called [[traffic light coalition]] of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD), the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green Party]] and the FDP following the [[2021 German federal election|2021 federal elections]], Westig was part of her party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired by [[Katja Pähle]], [[Maria Klein-Schmeink]] and [[Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus]].<ref>[https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1316022 Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP] ''[[Deutschlandfunk]]'', 27 October 2021.</ref> |
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In addition to her committee assignments, Westig has been a member of the German delegation to the [[Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly]] since 2022.<ref>[https://www.bundestag.de/dfpv Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly] [[Bundestag]].</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:32, 3 February 2022
Nicole Westig | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Menden, West Germany (now Germany) | 13 November 1967
Political party | FDP |
Children | 2 |
Nicole Westig (born 13 November 1967) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.[1]
Early life and career
Westig grew up in her birthplace and graduated from high school there in 1987. From 1988 she studied Romance, Hispanic and Public Law at the University of Bonn, graduating as Magistra Artium in 1996.
Westig was then employed by the German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW), after which she worked independently in the field of press and public relations. From 2008 to 2014 she worked for the FDP as an advisor to Gerhard Papke at the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, after which she switched to fundraising in the charitable sector.
Political career
Westig first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. She has since been serving as a member of the Health Committee,[2] where she is her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for nursing.[3]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Westig was part of her party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired by Katja Pähle, Maria Klein-Schmeink and Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Westig has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022.[5]
References
- ^ "Nicole Westig | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Fachpolitische Sprecher". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP Deutschlandfunk, 27 October 2021.
- ^ Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Bundestag.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- Female members of the Bundestag
- 21st-century German women politicians
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
- Free Democratic Party (Germany) politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)
- Free Democratic Party (Germany) politician stubs