Florian Toncar (born 18 October 1979) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as

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in the Federal Ministry of Finance in the

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since 2021. He has served as a member of the

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from the state of

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from 2005 until 2013 and since 2017.

Early life and education

After graduating from high school in 1999 at the Goldberg Gymnasium in Sindelfingen, Toncar first did his military service in the 220 communications regiment in Donauwörth and studied law in Regensburg from 2000. From 2002 to 2003 Toncar studied in Cambridge, then in Heidelberg. After passing the First State Examination in 2005 and completing his legal clerkship at Stuttgart District Court, he passed the Second State Examination in 2007.

Career

Since 2009 Toncar has been a lawyer specializing in banking and financial supervision.

Member of the German Parliament, 2005–2013

Toncar first served as a member of the Bundestag from 2005 until 2013, representing the

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district. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (2005-2009) and the Budget Committee (2009-2013). On the Budget Committee, he served as his parliamentary group's

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on the annual budgets of the

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; the

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; the Federal Ministry of Justice; and the

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. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group. In the negotiations to form a

of the FDP and the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) following the 2009 federal elections, Toncar was part of the FDP delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense, Europe and development policy, led by

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and

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. From 2011 until 2013, Toncar served as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairman

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Career in the private sector

When the FDP failed to re-enter the German Bundestag in the 2013 elections, Toncar returned to the private sector and worked for the Frankfurt office of international commercial law firm

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from March 2014 to October 2017.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present

Toncar became a member of the Bundestag again in the

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. From 2017 until 2021, he served as one of three parliamentary directors of the FDP parliamentary group. In this capacity, he was a member of the parliament's Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation. He was also a member of the Finance Committee and served as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on financial policy. In this capacity, he was involved in the parliamentary inquiry into the

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from 2020 until 2021; following the inquiry's completion, he co-authored a 675-page report together with Lisa Paus and Fabio De Masi. In 2020, Toncar joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the

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(BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the

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(BFH), the

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(BAG), and the

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(BSG). In addition to his committee assignments, Toncar is part of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the

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and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Toncar was part of his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the

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, co-chaired by

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, Lisa Paus and

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Other activities

* German Federal Cultural Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) * KfW Capital, Member of the advisory board (since 2022)Advisory Board
KfW Capital.

References

External links

*
Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toncar, Florian 1979 births Living people Politicians from Hamburg Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)