Johanna Uekermann
Johanna Uekermann | |
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Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Bavaria | |
Assumed office 20 May 2017 | |
Leader | Natascha Kohnen |
Preceded by | Annette Karl |
Leader of the Young Socialists | |
In office 6 December 2013 – November 2017 | |
Preceded by | Sascha Vogt |
Succeeded by | Kevin Kühnert |
Personal details | |
Born | Straubing, West Germany | 18 September 1987
Political party | SPD |
Johanna Uekermann (born 18 September 1987) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She served as chairwoman of the Young Socialists in the SPD (Jusos) from 2013 to 2017 and as Deputy Leader of the SPD Bayern from 2017 until 2021
Early life[]
Uekermann was born in 1987 in the Bavarian city of Straubing. She is the daughter of two social-democratic teachers and grew up near Mitterfels.[1]
Political career[]
Uekermann joined Jusos when she was 14 years old.[2] In 2009, she was elected as vice-chairwoman of the Bavarian Jusos, and in 2011 as vice-chairwoman of the German Jusos. In 2013, she ran for the Bundestag elections and reached 17.6 percent of the vote in the electoral district of Straubing against the CSU candidate Alois Rainer.[3] At the German congress of the Jusos on 6 December 2013 in Nuremberg, she was elected as chairwoman of the German Jusos with 207 of 296 votes. In the local elections on 16 March 2014, she was elected into the district council of Straubing-Bogen. In 2015, she was re-elected as chairwoman of the Jusos for two more years with 72.3 percent of the vote.[4]
From 2017 until 2021, Uekermann served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Bavaria, under the leadership of Natascha Kohnen.[5] In 2018 she candidates for a seat in the Landtag of Bavaria.
Other activities[]
- Friends of the Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem (WBC), Member
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
References[]
- ^ Rundschau, Frankfurter. "Da muss die Große Koalition nacharbeiten". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "SPD-Nachwuchs: Jusos wählen Johanna Uekermann zur Vorsitzenden - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Politik". SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "So groß die Koalition auch sein mag, ihre Konzepte sind zu klein". stern.de (in German). 7 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Jusos tagen in Bremen: Gabriel geht ins Weserstadion - WELT". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Johanna Uekermann will nicht mehr als SPD-Vize kandidieren Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4 February 2021.
- 1987 births
- People from Straubing
- Living people
- Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
- 21st-century German politicians
- 21st-century German women politicians