Silke Launert
Silke Launert | |
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 Silke Launert in 2020 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for Bayreuth | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
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| Born | 27 December 1976 Stadtsteinach, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CSU |
| Alma mater | University of Bayreuth |
Silke Launert (born 27 December 1976) is a German judge and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013. She represents Bayreuth.
Political career[edit]
Launert first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2013 German federal election.[1] She was a member of the Committee for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2013 until 2021[2] before moving to the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Budget Committee in 2021. Since 2022, she has been chairing the Budget Committee’s Subcommittee on European Affairs.[3]
In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Launert was part of the working group on families, women, seniors and youth, led by Annette Widmann-Mauz, Angelika Niebler and Katarina Barley.
Other activities[edit]
- Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[4]
- Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Member of the Committee on Migration and Integration (since 2016)[5]
Political positions[edit]
In June 2017, Launert abstained from a parliamentary vote on Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dr. Silke Launert". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". German Bundestag. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Hagedorn (SPD) übernimmt Vize-Vorsitz im Haushaltsausschuss Bundestag, press release of 12 January 2022.
- ^ Board of Trustees Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB).
- ^ Committee on Migration and Integration Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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