Nils Gründer
{{Short description|German politician (born 1997)}}
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Nils Jan Gründer (born 23 May 1997 in Nuremberg) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2022 to 2025.
Early life
Gründer grew up in Pyrbaum and Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, where he graduated from Ostendorfer-Gymnasium in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Herda |first1=Jürgen |title=»Oberpfälzer FDP-Abgeordneter muss in Kiewer Luftschutzbunker« |url=https://www.oberpfalzecho.de/beitrag/oberpfaelzer-fdp-abgeordneter-muss-in-kiewer-luftschutzbunker |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=oberpfalzecho.de |date=21 October 2024 |language=de}} He then studied political science before switching to economics at the University of Göttingen in 2020. Initially, Gründer worked as a student assistant to Lukas Köhler, and as an account manager at a PR agency during his studies.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=»Nils Gründer, FDP« |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/gruender_nils-860540 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=bundestag.de |date= |language=de}} He has been married since 2020 and lives with his wife in the Neumarkt area.{{cite news |last1=Englert |first1=Anina |title=»Neumarkts FDP-Abgeordneter Nils Gründer eröffnet Wahlkreisbüro in der Klostergasse« |url=https://www.nn.de/region/neumarkt/neumarkts-fdp-abgeordneter-nils-grunder-eroffnet-wahlkreisburo-in-der-klostergasse-1.13609092 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=nn.de |date=17 September 2023 |language=de}}
Political career
In 2015, Gründer joined the FDP Bavaria and the Young Liberals.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=»Landtagskandidat Nils Gründer (FDP) stellt sich vor« |url=https://www.neumarktaktuell.de/news/landtagskandidat-nils-gruender-fdp-stellt-sich-vor-21761/13-10-2018 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=neumarktaktuell.de |date=13 October 2018 |language=de}} In the 2018 state election in Bavaria, he was a direct candidate in the constituency of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz but failed to make it into the state parliament. From 2018 to 2020, he was deputy state chairman for the programme of the Young Liberals of Bavaria.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=»Gründer ist neu im Deutschen Bundestag« |url=https://www.politik-kommunikation.de/personalwechsel/gruender-ist-neu-im-deutschen-bundestag/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=politik-kommunikation.de |date=1 August 2022 |language=de}}
In the 2021 German federal election, Gründer contested Amberg and ranked 15th on the state list and initially failed to make it into the Bundestag. He was the first successor on the FDP state list and therefore replaced Thomas Sattelberger in the Bundestag on 2 August 2022.{{Cite web |title=Sattelberger bittet um seine Entlassung als Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär im BMBF - BMBF |url=https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/pressemitteilungen/de/2022/05/200522-Sattelberger.html |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF |language=de}} There he is the youngest MP of his group.{{Cite web |title=Neumarkter Nils Gründer (FDP) rückt in den Bundestag nach |url=https://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/landkreis-neumarkt/neumarkter-nils-gruender-fdp-rueckt-in-den-bundestag-nach-6322986 |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Donaukurier.de |language=de}}
In parliament, Gründer served on the Defence Committee, the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, and the Parliamentary Advisory Board for Sustainable Development.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/gruender_nils-860540 Nils Gründer] Bundestag.
In addition to his work in the Bundestag, Gründer is currently deputy district chairman of the FDP Neumarkt.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=»Vorstand des Kreisverbands Neumarkt« |url=https://fdp-neumarkt.de/vorstand/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=fdp-neumarkt.de |date= |language=de}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/gruender_nils-860540 Biography at the German Bundestag]
- [https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/nils-gruender Member profile of Nils Gründer at abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German)]
- [https://www.nils-gruender.de/ Website of Nils Gründer]
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Category:Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
Category:Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)
Category:Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025