Volker Beck | |
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Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
In office 10 November 1994 – 24 October 2017 | |
Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
Personal details | |
Born | Stuttgart, West Germany | 12 December 1960
Political party | German: Alliance '90/The Greens EU: The Greens–European Free Alliance |
Spouse | Adrian Petkov (2017-present) |
Domestic partner | Jacques Teyssier (2008-d. 2009) |
Volker Beck (born 12 December 1960) is a German politician. From 1994 to 2017, he was a member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, for the Green Party. Beck served as the Green Party Speaker for Legal Affairs from 1994 to 2002, and as the Green Party Chief Whip in the Bundestag till 2013. He was also spokesperson for the Green Parliamentary Group for interior affairs and religion.