Gesine Meißner
| Gesine Meißner | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gesine Meißner 22 February 1952 Uelzen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party |
 German:Free Democratic Party  EU:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Alma mater | University of Hanover |
Gesine Meißner (or Meissner; born 22 February 1952 in Uelzen) is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party. She has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009.
Early life and career
Gesine Meissner was born in 1952 in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany. She studied nutritional science and home economics, German and English, communication and pedagogic in Munich (1971-1974) and Hanover (1976-1980).[1] From 1984 until 1993, Meissner was the deputy director of the "Rural Adult Education Lower Saxony" association. Since 1993, has been working as a freelance communication trainer.[2]
Political career
Meissner was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2003, and has been re-elected in 2008. From 2003 to 2009, she chaired the Committee on Health and Social Affairs.[3]
Member of the European Parliament
At the 2009 European ekections, Meissner was elected to the European Parliament. She is currently the coordinator of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group on the Committee on Transport and Tourism and a substitute member in the Development Committee as well as in the Committee on Fisheries. Meissner is also a member of the EU-Mexico and Euro-Latin America Delegations.[4] In addition, she is the chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas; a vice-chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Freedom of Religion and Belief and Religious Tolerance; and a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[5]
Gesine Meissner is a member of the council of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and the federal executive board of the German Free Democratic Party (FDP). She was elected as President of the Liberal Women in Germany in March 2014, and as Vice President of the ALDE Party Gender Equality Network in November 2013.
References
- ↑ Speakers: Gesine Meissner, European Maritime Day, Bremen, 19–20 May 2014.
- ↑ Speakers: Gesine Meissner, European Maritime Day, Bremen, 19–20 May 2014.
- ↑ Speakers: Gesine Meissner, European Maritime Day, Bremen, 19–20 May 2014.
- ↑ Speakers: Gesine Meissner, European Maritime Day, Bremen, 19–20 May 2014.
- ↑ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.