Andreas Nick (born 26 April 1967) is a former German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2013 until 2021.

Early career

Before entering politics, Nick worked in corporate finance for Barclays/BZW, Credit Suisse First Boston and

UBS UBS Group AG is a multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland. Co-headquartered in the cities of Zürich and Basel, it maintains a presence in all major financial centres ...

both in Frankfurt and London. His most recent positions were as head of M&A at

Sal. Oppenheim Sal. Oppenheim was a German private bank founded in 1789 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany. It provided asset management solutions for wealthy individual clients and institutional investors. In 2009, the bank became a subsidiary of Deutsche Ba ...

and as professor of corporate finance at the

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is a private university with a right to award doctorates, recognized under Hesse’s Higher Education Act. The parent organization is the Frankfurt School of Fin ...

Political career

Nick became member of the Bundestag in the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

and the United Nations as well as on relations to Turkey, Hungary and South America. In 2018, he also joined the Sub-Committee on the United Nations. In addition to his parliamentary work, Nick chaired the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2018 to 2021. He also served as one of the Assembly's vice-presidents. He was also a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (2018–2021), the Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (2018–2021) and the Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (2018-2019).

Other activities

* American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), Member of the Board of Trustees (2007–2013)

Life after politics

In 2022, Nick became a partner in the international communications firm Brunswick in Berlin.

Political positions

In 2019, Nick joined 14 members of his parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Angela Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch. Ahead of the CDU's 2021 leadership election, Nick joined other conservatives in calling on Merkel to stay on as chancellor until her term ends in 2021, dismissing calls for her to step down sooner and hand power to the party's next leader. In September 2020, Nick was one of 15 members of his parliamentary group who joined Norbert Röttgen in writing an open letter to

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

Horst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5,000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowded

Mória Reception and Identification Centre Mória Reception and Identification Centre ( el, Κέντρο Υποδοχής και Ταυτοποίησης Μόριας), better known as Mória Refugee Camp, or just "Mória", was the largest refugee camp in Europe until it was burned down in ...

on the Greek island of Lesbos.Offener Brief an Seehofer: Röttgen fordert Aufnahme von 5000 Migranten aus Moria
'' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', September 10, 2020.

References

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Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nick, Andreas 1967 births Living people Emlyon Business School alumni Carnegie Mellon University alumni Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Politicians from Koblenz