Nicole Westig | |
|---|---|
 Westig in 2023 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2017–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-11-13)13 November 1967 (age 58) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Children | 2 |
Nicole Westig (born 13 November 1967) is a German politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2025.[1]
Westig grew up in her birthplace and graduated from high school there in 1987. From 1988 she studied Romance, Hispanic and Public Law at theUniversity of Bonn, graduating as Magistra Artium in 1996.
Westig was then employed by the German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW), after which she worked independently in the field of press and public relations. From 2008 to 2014 she worked for the FDP as an advisor to Gerhard Papke at theState Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, after which she switched to fundraising in the charitable sector.
Westig first became a member of the Bundestag in the2017 German federal election. In parliament, she served as a member of the Health Committee,[2] where she was her parliamentary group’s spokesperson fornursing.[3]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD), theGreen Party and the FDP following the2021 federal elections, Westig was part of her party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired byKatja Pähle,Maria Klein-Schmeink andChristine Aschenberg-Dugnus.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Westig was a member of the German delegation to theFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly from 2022 to 2025.[5]
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