Jens Geier

Jens Geier (born 22 June 1961 in Frankfurt) is a German politician who has served as an MEP for the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 2009.

Early life and career

After graduating from Ruhr University Bochum in 1989, Geier worked as a research assistant to Social Democrat MEP Detlev Samland. From 1992 to 1999 he worked for the executive of the Social Democratic Party, first for the party's leader, Björn Engholm, and then for the deputy leader, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. Geier stood unsuccessfully for the European Parliament in both 1999 and 2004. He worked as a public relations officer for the North Rhine-Westphalia branch of the SPD from 1999 until 2001. He then spent five years working for Projekt Ruhr GmbH, a regional development agency, before taking up a position at Deloitte in 2006.

Member of the European Parliament, 2009-present

Geier was elected to the European Parliament at his third attempt in 2009.

In addition, he serves as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime).

Jens

Jens may refer to:

See also

Jens (given name)

Jens is a male given name and a Danish, Swedish, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes.

List of people with the given name Jens

Jens, Switzerland

Jens is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

History

Jens is first mentioned in 1229-30 as Gens. In 1335 it was mentioned as Jensse.

The village was originally part of the Herrschaft of Nidau. In 1335, the owner of the Herrschaft, the Knight Ulrich von Sutz, sold his land to the Counts of Neuchâtel-Nidau. The Counts held the land until 1398 when it was acquired by the city of Bern. Under Bernese rule Jens became part of the Bailiwick of Nidau. Jens and Worben formed a court in the Bailiwick and it was part of the parish of Bürglen. During the Jura water correction projects of 1868-91, a canal was built in Jens and the nearby marsh was drained. The majority of the new farmland was planted with sugar beets for the sugar beet factory in Aarberg. As the population grew, the housing developments of Tannacker and Weieried were built in the late 1970s. Today about two-thirds of the workers commute to jobs outside the municipality.