Nikolas Löbel

Nikolas Löbel (born 17 May 1986) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2017.

Nikolas Löbel
Löbel in 2018
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1986-05-17) 17 May 1986
Mannheim, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materSteinbeis-Hochschule Berlin

Political career

In 2012, Löbel was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany.

Löbel became a member of the Bundestag after the 2017 German federal election, representing the Mannheim district.[1] In parliament, he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.[2] In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the European Union's Eastern Partnership.

Other activities
  • Sparkasse Rhein Neckar Nord, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2017)

Political positions

Following the 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Löbel supported the formation of a coalition government of the Green Party and the Christian Democrats under Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann, the first state-level government of the two parties to be headed by a member of the Green Party in German history.[3]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2021, Löbel publicly endorsed Jens Spahn to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[4]

References
  1. "Nikolas Löbel". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. "German Bundestag - Foreign Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. Hanna Spanhel (April 16, 2016), Koalitionsgespräche in Baden-Württemberg: "Wir haben unseren Status als die Baden-Württemberg-Partei verloren" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  4. Lukas Eberle, Florian Gathmann, Christoph Hickmann, Timo Lehmann, Veit Medick and Sabrina Winter (October 9, 2020), Kampf um CDU-Parteivorsitz: "Hinter Spahn können sich alle versammeln" Der Spiegel.
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