Alexander Nuno Alvaro (born 26 May 1975) is a

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and was a

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(MEP) with the

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, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. During his first mandate he worked in the

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; he was a substitute for the

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, a member of the delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand. During his second mandate, he became Vice-President of the Committee on Budgets, member of the

, of the Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013, and of the Delegation for relations with Iran and Spokesman of the ALDE group for Home Affairs. Alvaro was also involved in many European dossiers and campaigns, initiating the Oneseat campaign ( Oneseat.eu) with Swedish Minister for European affairs and ex-MEP Cecilia Malmström, dealing with the American Government on the Swift International EU-US Treaty, and defending civil liberties on legislative projects such as ACTA. On 22 February 2013, Alvaro was involved in a car crash in which the vehicle Alvaro was driving struck another car. Alvaro was badly injured and the driver in the other vehicle was killed though it is not known if he had already died before due to an accident which happened before. Two more passengers in the other car were badly injured. Alvaro spent time in a coma, was hospitalised for several months and returned to Parliament in September. He was founder and board member of EU4
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the associations of MEPs and EU officials under the age of 40, aiming at enhancing trans-partisan generation-based EU policies. Alvaro stood down in 2014, choosing not to stand in the

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Education

* 1997:

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. Graduated from Universities of Bremen,

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

and

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. * 2004: State

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examination * 2004-2009 first mandate in the European Parliament * 2009-2014 second mandate in the European Parliament

Career

* 2002–2005: Deputy Federal Chairman of the Young Liberals * since 2003: Member of the Federal Executive of the FDP

External links

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(petition against the European Parliament having two seats) {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvaro, Alexander Nuno 1975 births Living people Jurists from North Rhine-Westphalia University of Mannheim alumni MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 Free Democratic Party (Germany) MEPs MEPs for Germany 2009–2014 German people of Portuguese descent