Irina von Wiese

Irina Stephanie von Wiese und Kaiserswaldau[1] (born 11 September 1967) is a British politician, who was a Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for London between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU.[2][3]

Irina von Wiese
Member of the European Parliament
for London
In office
2 July 2019  31 January 2020
Preceded byDr Charles Tannock
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1967-09-11) 11 September 1967
Cologne, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityBritish, German
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Children1
Alma materHarvard University

Career

In a council by-election in 2017, she stood unsuccessfully for election to Hammersmith & Fulham council, coming third.[1]

She was elected a Member of the European Parliament for the London region in the 2019 European Parliament election, on the Liberal Democrat party list, assuming office on 2 July 2019. She sat within the Renew Europe group of liberal political parties and served as Vice-Chair on the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI).[4]

Until at least August 2019, she was formerly the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Hammersmith in the 2019 United Kingdom general election.[5][6] She was an unsuccessful candidate for the 2021 London Assembly election.[7] She is standing again in the 2024 London Assembly election.[8]

Personal life

Wiese holds both German and British citizenship.[9] She earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard University.[9] She has one teenage daughter[10] and has housed refugees in her London home since 2016, working with the charity Refugees at Home.[10]

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