Olaf in der Beek

Olaf in der Beek (born 31 July 1967) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.[1][2]

Olaf in der Beek
Beek in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
24 October 2017
ConstituencyFDP List
Personal details
Born (1967-07-31) 31 July 1967
Bochum, West Germany
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Children2
Alma materBochum University of Applied Sciences

Early life and career

After obtaining his advanced technical college entrance qualification, in der Beek began studying business administration at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences, which he was unable to complete for family reasons. Until the completion of his studies, he worked as a consultant for a member of the state parliament in North Rhine-Westphalia until he moved to the media industry in 1993. After being promoted to an executive in the publishing and printing industry, he became self-employed in the media industry in 2008 and was managing partner of a medium-sized affiliated company before moving to the German Bundestag.[1]

Political career

After being active in the FDP and the Young Liberals in der Beek in the 1980s, his membership was then suspended for 20 years and he finally resigned from the party, he re-registered with the Free Democrats in 2013.[3]

In parliament, in der Beek serves on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development and on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

In addition to his committee assignments, in der Beek is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Southern African States and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East.

Other activities

References
  1. "Olaf in der Beek, FDP". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  2. "Abgeordnete". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. Stahl, Jürgen (2017-09-20). "Olaf in der Beek (FDP): Comeback nach Bruch mit der Partei". www.waz.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
  5. Parliamentary Advisory Board German-Jordanian Society.

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