Sabine Verheyen | |
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First Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
President | Roberta Metsola |
Preceded by | Othmar Karas |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 July 2009 | |
Constituency | Germany |
Personal details | |
Born | Aachen,Germany | 24 October 1964
Political party | Germany: Christian Democratic Union EU: European People's Party |
Alma mater | FH Aachen |
Website | www |
Sabine Verheyen (born 24 October 1964) is a German architect and politician who serves as the First Vice-President of the European Parliament since July 2024,having been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union,part of the European People's Party. [1]
From 1983 to 1988,Verheyen studied architecture at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences. [2] She is married and has three children. [3]
In Brussels,Verheyen has been sharing an apartment with fellow parliamentarian Monika Hohlmeier since 2009. [4]
Verheyen joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1990. Since 2001 she has been a member of the leadership of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2002 member of the Regional Executive Committee of the CDU Municipal Policy Association (KPV). [2]
From 1994 to 2009 Verheyen was member of the city council of Aachen. From 1999 to 2009 she was mayor of Aachen and member of the Euregio Council. [3]
In the 2009 elections,Verheyen was elected to the European Parliament. She has since served as member of the Committee on Culture and Education;since 2019,she has been its chairwoman. On the committee,Verheyen serves as the European People's Party Group’s coordinator from 2014 until 2019. Alongside Petra Kammerevert,she was selected in 2016 as co-rapporteur on the audio-visual media services directive,which sought to introduce levies and cultural quotas on services like Netflix. [5] In 2020,she also joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union. [6]
In addition to her committee assignments,Verheyen is a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with South Africa. Between 2009 and 2014,she also served as a substitute member on the Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation for relations with Iran. [2] She is also a member of the European Internet Forum, [7] the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda [8] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights. [9]
In October 2021,Verheyen was elected as one of five deputies of Hendrik Wüst as chair of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia. [10]
Verheyen was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022. [11]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the CDU and Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections,Verheyen led her party’s delegation in the working group on cultural affairs,media and sports. [12]
Ahead of the 2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election,Verheyen publicly endorsed Armin Laschet to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party’s chair. [14]
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