Jump to content

Nancy Faeser: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Line 76: Line 76:
Prior to the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Qatar]], when asked in an interview with [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]'s ''Monitor'' about the awarding of the event to the country, she emphasised that awarding major sporting events should be linked to compliance with human rights and principles of sustainability, by saying: "There are criteria that must be adhered to and it would be better that tournaments are not awarded to such states."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/faeser-katar-wm-kritik-101.html |title=Faeser kritisiert Fußball-WM in Katar |website=tagesschau.de |language=de |date=27 October 2022}}</ref> In response, the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] condemned the remarks, and Qatar summoned the German ambassador to protest against her comments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/30/gcc-condemns-german-ministers-remarks-on-qatar-world-cup-2022 |title=GCC condemns German minister's remarks on Qatar World Cup 2022 |website=Al Jazeera|date=30 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Rinaldi>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-interior-minister-nancy-faeser-travel-qatar-fifa-football-world-cup-criticism/|work=Politico|date=21 November 2022|title=Top German minister will travel to Qatar World Cup despite criticism|last=Rinaldi|first=Gabriel}}</ref> Faeser attended Germany's first game at the World Cup on 23 November where she wore a [[OneLove]] armband (a pro LGBTQ+ symbol)<ref name=Rinaldi/> which [[FIFA]] had prevented players from wearing in the tournament with threats of sanctions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4811294/germany-players-cover-mouths-in-team-photo-amid-onelove-armband-row|publisher=ESPN|date=23 November 2022|title=Germany players cover mouths in team photo amid OneLove armband row}}</ref>
Prior to the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Qatar]], when asked in an interview with [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]'s ''Monitor'' about the awarding of the event to the country, she emphasised that awarding major sporting events should be linked to compliance with human rights and principles of sustainability, by saying: "There are criteria that must be adhered to and it would be better that tournaments are not awarded to such states."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/faeser-katar-wm-kritik-101.html |title=Faeser kritisiert Fußball-WM in Katar |website=tagesschau.de |language=de |date=27 October 2022}}</ref> In response, the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] condemned the remarks, and Qatar summoned the German ambassador to protest against her comments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/30/gcc-condemns-german-ministers-remarks-on-qatar-world-cup-2022 |title=GCC condemns German minister's remarks on Qatar World Cup 2022 |website=Al Jazeera|date=30 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Rinaldi>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-interior-minister-nancy-faeser-travel-qatar-fifa-football-world-cup-criticism/|work=Politico|date=21 November 2022|title=Top German minister will travel to Qatar World Cup despite criticism|last=Rinaldi|first=Gabriel}}</ref> Faeser attended Germany's first game at the World Cup on 23 November where she wore a [[OneLove]] armband (a pro LGBTQ+ symbol)<ref name=Rinaldi/> which [[FIFA]] had prevented players from wearing in the tournament with threats of sanctions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4811294/germany-players-cover-mouths-in-team-photo-amid-onelove-armband-row|publisher=ESPN|date=23 November 2022|title=Germany players cover mouths in team photo amid OneLove armband row}}</ref>


In March 2023, Faeser participated in the first joint cabinet meeting of the governments of Germany and Japan in [[Tokyo]], chaired by Chancellor Scholz and [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Fumio Kishida]].<ref>[https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/scholz-kabinett-japan-101.html Regierungskonsultationen: Scholz und Minister in Japan] ''[[Tagesschau]]'', 18 March 2023.</ref>
⚫
In 2023, Faeser appointed an eight-person commission to re-appraise the [[Munich massacre|attack]] on Israeli athletes and team members at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] to answer unresolved questions.<ref>Miranda Murray (21 April 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-appoints-commission-re-appraise-1972-munich-olympics-attack-2023-04-21/ Germany appoints commission to re-appraise 1972 Munich Olympics attack] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

⚫
In April 2023, Faeser appointed an eight-person commission to re-appraise the [[Munich massacre|attack]] on Israeli athletes and team members at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] to answer unresolved questions.<ref>Miranda Murray (21 April 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-appoints-commission-re-appraise-1972-munich-olympics-attack-2023-04-21/ Germany appoints commission to re-appraise 1972 Munich Olympics attack] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>


== Other activities ==
== Other activities ==

Revision as of 16:13, 25 June 2023

Nancy Faeser
Faeser in 2023
Minister of the Interior and Community
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 December 2021
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byHorst Seehofer (as Minister of the Interior, Building and Community)
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2019
General SecretaryChristoph Degen
DeputyKirsten Fründt
Timon Gremmels
Kaweh Mansoori
Preceded byThorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of Hesse
In office
4 September 2019 – 8 December 2021
Preceded byThorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Succeeded byGünter Rudolph
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse
In office
2014–2019
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
In office
5 April 2003 – 8 December 2021
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byRüdiger Holschuh
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1970-07-13) 13 July 1970 (age 54)
Bad Soden, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Children1
ResidenceSchwalbach am Taunus
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Academic
  • Lawyer
Website

Nancy Faeser (German pronunciation: [ˈnɛnsi ˈfɛːzɐ]; born 13 July 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), serving as Federal Minister of the Interior and Community in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet since 2021. She served as a member of the State Parliament of Hesse from the 2003 elections until 2021.[1] In 2019, she became the party's leader in Hesse, as well as the leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Hesse.

Education and early career

Faeser went to elementary school in Schwalbach am Taunus, a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, and passed her high school diploma (German: Abitur) at the Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium.

From 1990 to 2000 Faeser studied law at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. She completed a semester abroad at the New College of California and graduated with her second state bar exam as a licensed attorney.[2]

Until 2000, Faeser worked as a research assistant at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt am Main and then, after her bar exam, worked as a full-time lawyer at Clifford Chance from 2000 to 2007.[2]

Political career

Career in state politics

Faeser joined the SPD in 1988.[3]

In parliament, Faeser served as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (2003–2009), the Committee on the Election of Judges (2003–2013), the Committee on Economic Affairs, Energy and Transport (2014–2018) and the Committee on Internal Affairs (since 2009).[4] From 2009, she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson on internal affairs.

In the 2013 Hesse state election, Faeser was the shadow minister for internal affairs in the campaign team of SPD candidate Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel.[5] In 2019, she was elected her parliamentary group's chairwoman.

Minister of the Interior, 2021–present

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Faeser was part of her party's delegation in the working group on migration and integration, co-chaired by Boris Pistorius, Luise Amtsberg and Joachim Stamp.[6]

After the coalition was successfully formed, on 6 December 2021, it was announced that Faeser would become the first female Interior Minister of Germany in the German government in the Scholz cabinet.[7] In her capacity as minister, Faeser also takes part in the meetings of the Standing Conference of Interior Ministers and Senators of the States (IMK).

Faeser was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[8]

In her first year in office, Faeser extended border checks at crossings from Austria for six months after a rise in the number of migrants arriving via the Western Balkans route.[9] In September 2022, the Ministry of the Interior under Faeser closed the "Expert Group on Political Islamism" set up by her predecessor, Horst Seehofer.[10] In October 2022, she expressed concerns about the increased number of migrants entering Europe via the Balkan route.[11]

Prior to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, when asked in an interview with ARD's Monitor about the awarding of the event to the country, she emphasised that awarding major sporting events should be linked to compliance with human rights and principles of sustainability, by saying: "There are criteria that must be adhered to and it would be better that tournaments are not awarded to such states."[12] In response, the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the remarks, and Qatar summoned the German ambassador to protest against her comments.[13][14] Faeser attended Germany's first game at the World Cup on 23 November where she wore a OneLove armband (a pro LGBTQ+ symbol)[14] which FIFA had prevented players from wearing in the tournament with threats of sanctions.[15]

In March 2023, Faeser participated in the first joint cabinet meeting of the governments of Germany and Japan in Tokyo, chaired by Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.[16]

In April 2023, Faeser appointed an eight-person commission to re-appraise the attack on Israeli athletes and team members at the 1972 Summer Olympics to answer unresolved questions.[17]

Other activities

Personal life

Faeser has been married to lawyer Eyke Grüning since 2012.[23] The couple have a son and live in Schwalbach am Taunus.[24]

References

  1. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Yumpu.com. "Faeser, Nancy - Lebenslauf - SPD Hessen". yumpu.com (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  3. ^ Susanne Höll (29 January 2019), Profil: Nancy Faeser Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  4. ^ Nancy Faeser State Parliament of Hesse.
  5. ^ Christoph Schmidt Lunau (9 July 2013), Hessen vor der Wahl: Die Elf von TSG Der Tagesspiegel.
  6. ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  7. ^ Stroh, Kassian (6 December 2021). "Lauterbach wird Gesundheitsminister, Scholz benennt SPD-Minister". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
  9. ^ Alexander Ratz and Maria Sheahan (11 October 2022), Germany extends checks at Austrian border as migrant numbers rise Politico Europe.
  10. ^ "Aus für den "Expertenkreis Politischer Islamismus"". faz.net (in German). 4 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Innenministerin Faeser: Sorge um gestiegenen Einreisezahlen von Migranten". rnd.de (in German). 11 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Faeser kritisiert Fußball-WM in Katar". tagesschau.de (in German). 27 October 2022.
  13. ^ "GCC condemns German minister's remarks on Qatar World Cup 2022". Al Jazeera. 30 October 2022.
  14. ^ a b Rinaldi, Gabriel (21 November 2022). "Top German minister will travel to Qatar World Cup despite criticism". Politico.
  15. ^ "Germany players cover mouths in team photo amid OneLove armband row". ESPN. 23 November 2022.
  16. ^ Regierungskonsultationen: Scholz und Minister in Japan Tagesschau, 18 March 2023.
  17. ^ Miranda Murray (21 April 2023), Germany appoints commission to re-appraise 1972 Munich Olympics attack Reuters.
  18. ^ Board of Trusteees German Foundation for Active Citizenship and Volunteering (DSEE).
  19. ^ Political Advisory Board Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
  20. ^ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law.
  21. ^ EBS Law School: Advisory Board of Trustees EBS University of Business and Law.
  22. ^ Broadcasting Council: Nancy Faeser Hessischer Rundfunk.
  23. ^ Nancy Faeser traut sich Frankfurter Rundschau, 5 October 2012.
  24. ^ Carsten Knop (6 December 2021), Neue Bundesinnenministerin: Wer ist Nancy Faeser? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Nancy_Faeser&oldid=1161882776"