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Marina Schuster (born 23 September 1975) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party. ==Political career== Schuster was a member of the Deutscher Bundestag for two consecutive terms, from 2005 to 2013.〔Mark Vidal (May 17, 2013), (A Call To Action - Human rights activist Marina Schuster speaks for Bhutto-Ispahani lecture series ) University of La Verne.〕 In the 17th Legislative Term of the Bundestag she was spokeswoman on human rights and humanitarian aid for the Free Democratic Party (FDP) parliamentary group. Her current committee assignments included the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, both providing oversight on all activities of the German Foreign Office. During her first term, between 2005 and 2009, Schuster also served as a deputy member of the committees on consumer protection and home affairs.〔(Abgeordnete 16. Wahlperiode: Schuster, Marina ) (Bundestag ).〕 Schuster also served as deputy chair of the German-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group. An expert on African politics, she regularly accompanyied chancellor Angela Merkel as well as cabinet ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Guido Westerwelle, and Dirk Niebel on official trips to the continent. Schuster was also active in the Council of Europe. From 2009 she was member of the German delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,〔(Marina Schuster ) Council of Europe.〕 succeeding Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger who went on to become minister of justice in the Second Merkel cabinet. In this capacity, Schuster also held the position of First Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and was a member of the Monitoring Committee. In 2010, she was elected Vice-Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.〔(Members of the ALDE Group ) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.〕 She was part of an observer mission during the 2011 election for a constituent assembly following the Tunisian revolution.〔(Doc. 12795: Observation of the election of a National Constituent Assembly in Tunisia (23 October 2011) ) Council of Europe.〕 In 2013, she was named General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty. During her tenure as parliamentarian, Schuster served on the boards of several organizations, including the German Foundation for Peace Research and the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval).〔(Member of German Parliament to Speak at the University of La Verne ) University of La Verne.〕 Today, she sits on the boards of the Hirschfeld Eddy Foundation, an organization focused on human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people; the United Nations Association of Germany (UNA-Germany); and the German Africa Foundation. She is a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marina Schuster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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