Nina Warken
{{Short description|German politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nina Warken
| image = File:2020-02-13 Deutscher Bundestag IMG 3091 by Stepro.jpg
| caption = Warken in 2020
| office1 = Member of the Bundestag
for Baden-Württemberg
| term_start2 = 22 October 2013
| term_end2 = 24 October 2017
| term_start1 = 5 December 2018
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| predecessor1 = Stephan Harbarth
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|5|15}}
| birth_place = Bad Mergentheim, West Germany
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| party = CDU
| nationality = German
| children = 3
| alma_mater = University of Heidelberg
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Nina Warken (born 15 May 1979) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013.
Political career
Warken first became member of the Bundestag after the 2013 German federal election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cducsu.de/abgeordnete/nina-warken|title=Nina Warken|website=CDU/CSU-Fraktion|access-date=2020-03-23}} She lost her seat in the 2017 German federal election, but was the first in line if a Member for Baden-Württemberg resigned. This happened on 23 November 2018, when Stephan Harbarth was elected President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. She took her seat on 5 December 2018.
In parliament, Warken has served on the Committee on Internal Affairs (2013-2017; since 2020),Norbert Wallet (September 24, 2020), [https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.nach-armin-schusters-abgang-suedwest-cdu-will-innenpolitischen-einfluss-wahren.c4d8f56c-7980-4b92-b1d7-6ed25c97d09b.htmlNach Armin Schusters Abgang: Südwest-CDU will innenpolitischen Einfluss wahren] Stuttgarter Nachrichten. the Committee on European Affairs (2018), and the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (since 2018).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a06|title=German Bundestag - Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}} Since 2022, she has also been serving on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw04-de-gremienwahl-878328 Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt] Bundestag, 27 January 2022.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Warken co-chaired the working group on integration, alongside Manfred Lucha.[https://www.gruene-bw.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/210413_Verhandlungsgruppen_KoaV_GrueneBW.pdf Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen] Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.[https://www.cdu-bw.de/data/documents/2021/04/13/223-6075c36cb9627.pdf Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen] CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
Since 2022, Warken has been co-chairing – alongside Johannes Fechner – the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work.[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw14-pa-wahlrechtskommission-konstituierung-887588 Fechner und Warken leiten Kommission zur Reform des Wahlrechts] Bundestag, press release of 7 April 2022.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) following the 2025 German elections, Warken was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on domestic policy, legal affairs, migration and integration, led by Günter Krings, Andrea Lindholz and Dirk Wiese.[https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/badenwuerttemberg/swr-koalitionsverhandlungen-bw-politiker-leiten-fuenf-arbeitsgruppen-hagel-uebernimmt-digitales-100.html Koalitionsverhandlungen: BW-Politiker leiten fünf Arbeitsgruppen - Hagel übernimmt Digitales] Tagesschau, 12 March 2025.Steven Geyer (20 March 2025), [https://www.rnd.de/politik/personal-der-koalitionsverhandlungen-nur-ein-drittel-frauen-kaum-junge-menschen-analyse-in-grafiken-YR5HOIRV5JFB5K3IQ7ENH6YXAU.html Nur ein Drittel Frauen, kaum junge Menschen: Wer Deutschlands Zukunft verhandelt] RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.
Other activities
- Technisches Hilfswerk, Member
Political positions
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.nina-warken.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.bundestag.de/en/members/warken_nina-583208 Bundestag biography] {{in lang|en}}
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