Florian Toncar | |
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 Toncar in 2019 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2017–2025 | |
| In office 2005–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1979-10-18)18 October 1979 (age 46) |
| Political party | FDP |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
Florian Toncar (born 18 October 1979) is a German lawyer and politician of theFree Democratic Party (FDP). He has served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBaden-Württemberg from 2005 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2025.[1] He served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance in the coalition government of ChancellorOlaf Scholz from 2021 until November 2024.[2]
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.
Since 2009 Toncar has been a lawyer specializing in banking and financial supervision.
Toncar first served as a member of the Bundestag from 2005 until 2013, representing theBöblingen district. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (2005-2009) and the Budget Committee (2009-2013). On the Budget Committee, he served as his parliamentary group'srapporteur on the annual budgets of theFederal Ministry of the Interior; theFederal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth; theFederal Ministry of Justice; and theFederal Constitutional Court. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.
From 2008 to 2010, Toncar was a member of the parliamentary body providing oversight of theSpecial Financial Market Stabilization Funds (SoFFin).[3]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government of the FDP and the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) following the2009 federal elections, Toncar was part of the FDP delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense, Europe and development policy, led byFranz Josef Jung andWerner Hoyer.[4]
From 2011 until 2013, Toncar served as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairmanRainer Brüderle.
When the FDP failed to re-enter the German Bundestag in the2013 elections, Toncar returned to the private sector and worked for the Frankfurt office of international commercial law firmFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from March 2014 to October 2017.
Toncar became a member of the Bundestag again in the2017 German federal election. From 2017 until 2021, he served as one of three parliamentary directors of the FDP parliamentary group.[5] In this capacity, he was a member of the parliament'sCouncil of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.[6] He was also a member of the Finance Committee and served as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on financial policy.[7] In this capacity, he was involved in the parliamentary inquiry into theWirecard scandal from 2020 until 2021;[8] following the inquiry's completion, he co-authored a 675-page report together withLisa Paus andFabio De Masi.[9]
In 2020, Toncar joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely theFederal Court of Justice (BGH), theFederal Administrative Court (BVerwG), theFederal Fiscal Court (BFH), theFederal Labour Court (BAG), and theFederal Social Court (BSG).
In addition to his committee assignments, Toncar was part of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD), theGreen Party and the FDP following the2021 federal elections, Toncar was part of his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and thenational budget, co-chaired byDoris Ahnen,Lisa Paus andChristian Dürr.[10]
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