Sabine Verheyen

Sabine Verheyen
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1964-10-24) 24 October 1964
Aachen, Germany
Nationality  Germany
Political party  German:
Christian Democratic Union
 EU:
European People's Party
Alma mater FH Aachen
Profession Architect
Website http://www.sabine-verheyen.de/

Sabine Verheyen (born 24 October 1964 in Aachen[1]) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the CDU ticket and sits with the European People's Party group.

Education and Private Life

From 1983 to 1988 Sabine Verheyen studied architecture at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences.[1] She is married and has three children.[2]

Political career

She joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1990. Since 2001 she is a member of CDU Regional Executive Committee of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2002 member of the Regional Executive Committee of the CDU Municipal Policy Association (KPV).[1]

From 1994 to 2009 she was member of the city council of Aachen. From 1999 to 2009 she was mayor of Aachen and member of the Euregio Council.[2]

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–present

In the 2009 elections, Verheyen was elected to the European Parliament. She has since served as member of the Committee on Culture and Education and the Delegation for relations with South Africa. Between 2009 and 2014, she also served as a substitute member on the Committee on Regional Development and the Delegation for relations with Iran.[1] In addition, she is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda[3] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights.[4]

Other activities

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