Nicola Beer

Nicola Beer
Beer in 2016
Vice-President of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 December 2023
Serving with See List
PresidentDavid Sassoli
Roberta Metsola
Deputy Leader of the Free Democratic Party
In office
26 April 2019 – 22 April 2023
LeaderChristian Lindner
Preceded byMarie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann
Succeeded byBettina Stark-Watzinger
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party
In office
7 December 2013 – 26 April 2019
LeaderChristian Lindner
Preceded byPatrick Döring
Succeeded byLinda Teuteberg
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 December 2023
Succeeded byMichael Kauch
ConstituencyGermany
Member of the Bundestag
for Hesse
In office
24 October 2017 – 30 June 2019
Succeeded byPeter Heidt
ConstituencyFDP List
Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of Hesse
In office
31 May 2012 – 18 January 2014
Prime MinisterVolker Bouffier
Preceded byDorothea Henzler
Succeeded byRalph Alexander Lorz
State Secretary for Justice, Integration and European Affairs of Hesse
In office
5 February 2009 – 31 May 2012
Prime MinisterRoland Koch
Volker Bouffier
Preceded byThomas Schäfer (Justice)
Succeeded byZsuzsa Breier
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
In office
18 January 2014 – 31 October 2017
Succeeded byWiebke Knell
In office
5 April 1999 – 5 February 2009
Succeeded byJochen Paulus
Personal details
Born (1970-01-23) 23 January 1970 (age 54)
Wiesbaden, West Germany
Political party
Alma materUniversity of Frankfurt

Nicola Beer (born 23 January 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a vice president of the European Investment Bank since 2024, under the leadership of president Nadia Calviño.

Earlier in her career, Beer was a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2023, where she served as one of its Vice-Presidents. She previously was a member of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2019 and part of her party's leadership.