Nina Scheer (born 11 September 1971) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013.
In 2019, Scheer was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany leadership election, in a team with Karl Lauterbach.
Though she lost to Norbert Brackmann in both elections, she entered parliament through the SPD's party list.
[4] In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2013 elections, Scheer was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on energy policy, led by Peter Altmaier and Hannelore Kraft.
[5] Jointly with Karl Lauterbach, Scheer was a candidate in the 2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany leadership election, with an emphasis on combating climate change.