Andreas Glück is a German

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and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a

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since 2019.

Early life and education

In 1997 Glück spent three months in

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for the aid organization HELP. Afterwards he studied human medicine at the

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Career

Early in his career, Glück worked as an assistant doctor in the surgery department of the Reutlingen district hospitals. Since 2009, he has been practicing as a specialist in surgery.

Political career

From the 2011 state elections to 2018, Glück was as a member of the

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. From 2016 until 2018, he served as his parliamentary group's deputy chairman. Glück has been a

since the 2019 European elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In 2022, he also joined the Special Committee on the

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. In addition to his committee assignments, Glück is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with

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. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance, the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas and the

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group.MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature

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Living people MEPs for Germany 2019–2024 Free Democratic Party (Germany) MEPs 1975 births {{Germany-MEP-stub