Bettina Wiesmann
Bettina Wiesmann | |
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 Bettina Wiesmann in 2013 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for Frankfurt am Main II | |
| In office 24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Erika Steinbach |
| Succeeded by | Omid Nouripour |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 October 1966 Berlin, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CDU |
Bettina Margarethe Wiesmann (born 20 October 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Born in Berlin, she has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2017 to 2021 and again since 2024.[1]
Political career
[edit]Wiesmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.[2] In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[3]
In 2022, Wiesmann unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the CDU’s national board.[4]
Political positions
[edit]In 2019, Wiesmann joined 14 members of her parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Angela Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Oliver Bock (20 January 2024), Abgeordnete aus Rhein-Main: Vier Verlierer dürfen doch noch in den Bundestag Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ "Bettina Margarethe Wiesmann". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". German Bundestag. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ CDU-Bundesparteitag: Claus neu im Bundesvorstand der CDU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 January 2022.
- ^ Jens Schneider (October 30, 2019), Machtkampf in der CDU: Abgeordnete nennen parteiinterne Kritik "extrem schädlich" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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