Nadine Schön (born ''Nadine Müller'', 5 June 1983 in

Lebach Lebach () is a town in the district of Saarlouis, in Saarland, Germany. It is approximately northeast of Saarlouis and north of Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of ci ...

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) is a German

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Parliament from 2009 to 2025, representing the constituency of St. Wendel.

Political career

Career in state politics

Between

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and 2009, Schön served as a member of the Landtag of the Saarland, where she was the CDU parliamentary group's spokesperson on research and higher education.

Member of the German Parliament, 2009–2025

Schön became a member of the German

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in the 2009 federal elections. Between 2009 and 2013, she served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology and the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In this capacity, she was her parliamentary group's

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on gender equality and the

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. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of

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's Christian Democrats ( CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the

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(SPD) following the 2013 German elections, Schön was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on digital policy, led by Dorothee Bär and

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. In 2014, she was appointed deputy chairperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in charge of digital policy as well as family affairs, senior citizens, women and youth. Following the

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, Schön succeeded

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as chair of the Bundestag group of CDU parliamentarians from Saarland. In the negotiations to form another

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under Merkel, she was again part of the working group on digital policy, this time led by Bär,

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and

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. Together with

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, Andreas Jung,

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, Antje Tillmann and Oliver Wittke, Schön co-chaired the CDU’s 2018 national convention in

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. After having initially failed to get re-elected in the

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, Schön retained her seat when

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resigned from the Bundestag two weeks after the election. Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2022, Schön publicly endorsed

to succeed

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as the party’s chair and joined his campaign team. Schön supported

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as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed

in the 2021 national elections. In July 2024, Schön announced that she would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board

Non-profit organizations

* Energy and Climate Policy and Innovation Council (EPICO), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2021) * German Foundation for Active Citizenship and Volunteering (DSEE), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020) * German Association for Public and Private Welfare, Member of the Central Committee (since 2017) *

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(DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (–2021) * Stefan Morsch Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees * Europäische Akademie für Frauen in Politik und Wirtschaft Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees

Political positions

In June 2017, Schön voted against her parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of

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. In April 2020, Schön co-signed – alongside around 50 other members of her parliamentary group – a letter to

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which called on the European Union to take in children who were living in migrant camps across Greece.Robert Roßmann (April 6, 2020)
Mehr als 50 Unionsabgeordnete fordern Aufnahme von Flüchtlingskindern
''

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''.

References

External links

Official website
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