Alexandra Thein

Alexandra Thein ( born October 5, 1963 in Bochum) is a lawyer and notary public, and a German politician of the FDP. It is 2014 chairman of the Berlin State Association of the FDP since March.

Life

Alexandra Thein grew up in Saarland and purchased in 1982, the Franco-German Abitur at the German - French high school in Saarbrücken. 1982-1988 she studied law in Saarbrücken, Geneva and Freiburg ( including but not limited program "European Integration" at the Europa-Institut, Saarbrücken, International Studies at the University Institute of European Studies and the d' Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva).

1988 drew Alexandra Thein as a junior lawyer to Berlin, where they 1991 their second state examination completed. Since 1991 she has worked as a lawyer in Berlin, since 1993 self-employed ( sociality ) - since 2001 Notary. She works in the office Quegwer & Thein.

Alexandra Thein is married.

Party

Alexandra Thein joined the FDP in 1990. Politically active, she was the National Association of Berlin FDP in numerous volunteer capacities, including as a long-time chairman of the Dahlem branch, as a member of the National Committee of the country Arbitration Tribunal and as a member of the executive committee.

In October 2008, the European election meeting of the FDP has named seven candidates Alexandra Thein on the Berlin leading candidate for the 2009 European elections, in January 2009, the European election meeting of the FDP they chose five candidates in 11th place for the federal list for this election.

In January 2014 Alexandra Thein was chosen by the European election meeting of the FDP at # 7 on the federal list for the European elections in 2014.

In March 2014 Thein was elected new chairman of the Berlin State Association of FDP and thus replaced the previous incumbent Martin Lindner.

Member of Parliament

In the European elections of June 7, 2009, the FDP could increase compared with the previous election by 6.1 percent to 11.0 percent and Alexandra Thein was as one of 99 German MPs and twelve candidates from the list of the FDP in the 7th European Parliament elected. There Thein is one of the FDP delegation, whose legal affairs spokesperson she is, and transnationally of the liberal ALDE group.

With its formation in July 2009, the 7th European Parliament Alexandra Thein elected as a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and a substitute member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, where she has since been working. In the foreign policy relationship management of the European Parliament is Thein Member of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, Member of the Delegation for relations with Iraq and deputy member of the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan. She is also active in two intergroup groups, namely " Small and medium-sized enterprises" and " LGBT Rights ". Also Thein is a member of the Delegation for relations with Israel.

Memberships and offices

Alexandra Thein is deputy chairman of the Berlin Regional Association of Liberal Women and serves on the board of the National Federation of the liberal middle classes to Berlin.

She is a member of the European Union and the European Union Parliamentarians European Parliament.

Thein is since April 2010 chairman of the Advisory Board of the German - Arab society.