Silvia Breher
Silvia Breher | |
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Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
Assumed office 22 November 2019 | |
Leader | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Armin Laschet |
Preceded by | Ursula von der Leyen |
Member of the Bundestag for Cloppenburg – Vechta | |
Assumed office 24 September 2017 | |
Preceded by | Franz-Josef Holzenkamp |
Personal details | |
Born | Silvia Lucke 23 July 1973 Löningen, Germany |
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Children | 3 |
Education | Osnabrück University |
Website | Official website |
Silvia Breher (née Lucke; born 23 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She has been Member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Cloppenburg - Vechta since the 2017 federal election. At the CDU conference in November 2019 she was elected as one of the deputy leaders of her party;[1] she succeeded Ursula von der Leyen who had been elected to the Presidency of the European Commission.[2]
Early life and career[]
Breher was born in Löningen and grew up on a farm in Lindern.[3] After gaining her Abitur at Copernicus Gymnasium in Löningen she studied law at the Osnabrück University.[4] At the end of 2000 she began practicing as a self-employed lawyer. From 2011 till 2017 she was the Chief Executive of the "Kreislandsvolkverbandes Vechta", the local farmers' union.[4]
Political career[]
Breher is a member of the Christian Democratic Union and of her local CDU organisation in Cloppenburg. Between 2014 and 2015 she was a member of the CDU Commission Nachhaltig leben – Lebensqualität bewahren[4]. Since 2018 Breher has been the leader of the Cloppenburg CDU district association[5] and the Löningen CDU association. In March 2019 she was elected leader of the Oldenburg CDU state association[6] and thus member of the State Executive of the CDU in Lower Saxony, under the leadership of chairman Bernd Althusmann.
As successor of Franz-Josef Holzenkamp,[7] Breher was selected as the CDU candidate for Cloppenburg - Vechta for the 2017 federal elections. She subsequently won the election with the highest vote share in the country, 57.7 percent.[8] Her constituency is seen as a CDU safe seat, with her party winning the constituency uninterrupted since 1953. In parliament, she is a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture as well as a member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[4]
Ahead of the 2021 elections, CDU chairman Armin Laschet included Breher in his eight-member shadow cabinet for the Christian Democrats’ campaign.[9]
Political positions[]
In September 2017, Breher supported same-sex marriages.[10] In April 2020, she co-signed – alongside around 50 other members of her parliamentary group – a letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen which called on the European Union to take in children who were living in migrant camps across Greece.[11][12]
For the 2021 national elections, Breher endorsed Armin Laschet as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[13]
References[]
- ^ "CDU: Silvia Breher auf Parteitag zur neuen Vizevorsitzenden gewählt - SPIEGEL ONLINE". www-spiegel-de.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Robert Roßmann (21 November 2019), CDU-Parteitag: Vom Bauernhof an die Parteispitze Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ Robert Roßmann (21 November 2019), CDU-Parteitag: Vom Bauernhof an die Parteispitze Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Silvia Breher | Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages" (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Nordwest-Zeitung (7 May 2018). "Parteitag I Kreis Cloppenburg/Löningen: CDU setzt auf frischen Wind". www.nwzonline.de (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Nordwest-Zeitung (24 March 2019). "Cdu-Landesparteitag In Friesoythe:". www.nwzonline.de (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Reinhard Bingener (22 November 2019), Die erstaunliche Karriere der Silvia Breher Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ WELT (24 September 2017). "Wahlergebnis Cloppenburg – Vechta: Das Ergebnis im Wahlkreis 32 - Bundestagswahl 2017". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Fatina Keilani and Christoph Prantner (September 3, 2021), Personen statt Positionen: Laschet bringt sein «Zukunftsteam» in Stellung Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
- ^ Kirche+Leben: Silvia Breher – Vom Ambo in den Bundesta, September 2017
- ^ Charlotte Raskopf (6 April 2020), 50 CDU-Abgeordnete fordern Aufnahme von Flüchtlingskindern aus griechischen Lagern Handelsblatt.
- ^ Robert Roßmann (6 April 2020), Mehr als 50 Unionsabgeordnete fordern Aufnahme von Flüchtlingskindern Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ Reinhard Bingener (April 19, 2021), Landesverband für Söder: Laschets Niederlage in Niedersachsen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Female members of the Bundestag
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony
- People from Cloppenburg (district)
- 21st-century German women politicians
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany