Andrea Wechsler
Andrea Wechsler | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 June 1977 Ulm, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Other political affiliations | European People's Party |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford Columbia Law School Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Peking University |
Andrea Wechsler (born 19 June 1977) is a German professor and politician of the Christian Democratic Union. She was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Wechsler joined the Young Union at the age of 15.[2] She holds a Master of Arts in jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School, a Master of Laws and a Ph.D. from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and a Chinese language diploma from the Peking University.[3] In 2001 she interned at the coordination office of the World Intellectual Property Organization and was a clerk for European Court of Justice judge Ninon Colneric.[4]
From 2002 to 2005 Wechsler was a management consultant for McKinsey & Company and Asia House.[4] She was a research fellow and programme coordinator at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition from 2008 to 2011, and became an affiliated research fellow at the institute in 2011.[4] She began working for the China-EU School of Law in 2008, and became a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in 2011.[4] Since 2013 she has been a professor in economic law at Pforzheim University.[5]
Political career
[edit]In the 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election, Wechsler was a candidate for the Ludwigsburg constituency.[5]
For the 2024 European Parliament election, Wechsler was the lead candidate of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg.[6] In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the parliament’s delegations to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee and to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Europawahl 2024". Federal Returning Officer.
- ^ "Andrea Wechsler und Rainer Wieland: Zwischen Abschied und Neuanfang". Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung. 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Wechsler, Andrea: Professor of Private Commercial Law". European University Institute.
- ^ a b c d "Andrea Wechsler: Post-doctoral Researcher". European University Institute.
- ^ a b "Darum will Andrea Wechsler aus Ludwigsburg ins EU-Parlament". Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung. 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Erstmals führt eine Frau die CDU-Liste zur Europawahl an". Badische Zeitung. 15 May 2023.
- ^ Andrea Wechsler European Parliament.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany MEPs
- MEPs for Germany 2024–2029
- People from Ulm
- Politicians from Baden-Württemberg
- 21st-century German women politicians
- 21st-century women MEPs for Germany
- German women academics
- Academic staff of the Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences