Jens Beeck
{{Short description|German lawyer and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jens Beeck
| office = Member of the Bundestag
for Lower Saxony
| image = File:Jens Beeck MdB (2017).jpg
| caption = Beeck in 2017
| term_start = 24 October 2017
| term_end =
| constituency = FDP List
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|9|19}}
| birth_place = Münster, West Germany
| party = Free Democratic Party
| children =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Lawyer
}}
Jens Beeck (born 19 September 1969) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/518256-518256|title=Jens Beeck, FDP|website=Deutscher Bundestag|lang=de|access-date=2020-09-05}}{{Citation|title=Jens Beeck zieht mit der FDP in den Bundestag ein|url=https://www.gn-online.de/grafschaft/jens-beeck-zieht-mit-der-fdp-in-den-bundestag-ein-v12363.html|language=de|access-date=2020-03-15}}
Early life and career
Beeck completed his school education in 1988 with the Abitur. Afterwards he worked in the catering trade in the Black Forest before he began his studies of law. Beeck passed his first state examination in law in 1996.
Beeck then worked as an administrative employee at the Nordhorn employment office and completed his basic military service. After his legal clerkship he completed his second state examination in 2000. Since 2001 Beeck has been working as an independent lawyer with his own law firm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kanzlei-beeck.de/anwalt/|title=Rechtsanwalt Beeck - Anwalt|website=www.kanzlei-beeck.de|language=de|access-date=2020-03-15}}
Political career
Beeck joined the FDP in 1987. He became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 national elections.
In parliament, Beeck served on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development (2018–2021), the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs (2018–2025) and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2021–2025).[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/beeck_jens-857142 Jens Beeck] Bundestag. He was his parliamentary group's spokesperson for the interests of people with disabilities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdpbt.de/pressemitteilung/111186|title=FDP-Fraktion: Besetzung Sprecher|website=Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag|language=de|access-date=2020-03-15}}
In addition to his committee assignments, Beeck was part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America. In 2023, he co-founded a cross-party working group on dogs.Boris Herrmann (29 May 2023), [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/hund-arbeit-mitnehmen-1.5888404 Tiere am Arbeitsplatz: Hund und Mandat vereinbaren] Süddeutsche Zeitung.Katharina Seiler (20 July 2023), [https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/osnabrueck_emsland/Bundestagsabgeordneter-aus-Lingen-gruendet-Parlamentskreis-Hund,beeck118.html Bundestagsabgeordneter aus Lingen gründet "Parlamentskreis Hund"] Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Beeck was part of his party's delegation in the working group on children, youth and families, co-chaired by Serpil Midyatli, Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Stephan Thomae.[https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1316022 Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101213231/https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=1316022 |date=1 November 2021 }} Deutschlandfunk, 27 October 2021.
Other activities
- Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Inklusionsfirmen (BAG IF), Member of the Advisory Board[https://bag-if.de/beirat/ Advisory Board] Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Inklusionsfirmen (BAG IF).
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.jensbeeck.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
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