Silke_Launert

Silke Launert

Silke Launert

German politician (born 1976)


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.

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Political career

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

Political positions

In June 2017, Launert abstained from a parliamentary vote on Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[6]


References

  1. "Dr. Silke Launert". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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