Florian Toncar
Florian Toncar | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
In office 2005–2013 | |
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Born | University of Heidelberg | 18 October 1979
Florian Toncar (born 18 October 1979) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.[1] He has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2005 until 2013 and since 2017.[2]
Early life and education
After graduating from high school in 1999 at the Goldberg Gymnasium in Sindelfingen, Toncar first did his military service in the 220 communications regiment in Donauwörth and studied law in Regensburg from 2000. From 2002 to 2003 Toncar studied in Cambridge, then in Heidelberg. After passing the First State Examination in 2005 and completing his legal clerkship at Stuttgart District Court, he passed the Second State Examination in 2007.
Career
Since 2009 Toncar has been a lawyer specializing in banking and financial supervision.
Member of the German Parliament, 2005–2013
Toncar first served as a member of the Bundestag from 2005 until 2013, representing the
In the negotiations to form a
From 2011 until 2013, Toncar served as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairman Rainer Brüderle.
Career in the private sector
When the FDP failed to re-enter the German Bundestag in the 2013 elections, Toncar returned to the private sector and worked for the Frankfurt office of international commercial law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from March 2014 to October 2017.
Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present
Toncar became a member of the Bundestag again in the
In 2020, Toncar joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the
In addition to his committee assignments, Toncar is part of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Toncar was part of his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the national budget, co-chaired by Doris Ahnen, Lisa Paus and Christian Dürr.[9]
Other activities
- German Federal Cultural Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[10]
- KfW Capital, Member of the advisory board (since 2022)[11]
References
- ^ Johannes Leithäuser and Manfred Schäfers (2 December 2021), Lindner plant mit Toncar und Hessel als Staatssekretären Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ "Florian Toncar | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- Spiegel Online, 6 October 2009.
- ^ "Fraktionsvorstand". Fraktion der Freien Demokraten im Deutschen Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Council of Elders". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ John O’Donnell and Tom Sims (2 February 2021), German lawmakers turn sights on finance ministers in Wirecard fraud fiasco Reuters.
- ^ Martin Greive, Jan Hildebrand and Felix Holtermann (7 June 2021), Wirecard-Skandal: „Die Behörden haben auf der falschen Seite mitgespielt“ Handelsblatt.
- ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP Archived 1 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine Deutschlandfunk, 27 October 2021.
- ^ Board of Trustees German Federal Cultural Foundation.
- ^ Advisory Board KfW Capital.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in German)