Ophelia Nick

Ophelia Johanna Nick (née Schily, born 24 January 1973) is a German veterinarian and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens[1] who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 national elections, representing the Mettmann II district.

[4][5] Nick is the daughter of physicians Angela Voith and Konrad Schily.

In 2012, she completed a PhD program at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

[6] From 2014 to 2018, Nick was part of Green Party’s leadership in North Rhine-Westphalia under its co-chairs Mona Neubaur and Sven Lehmann.

[7] In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Nick was part of her party’s delegation in the working group on the environment, agriculture and consumer protection.