Silke Launert Explained

Silke Launert
Office:Member of the Bundestag for Bayreuth
Term Start:2013
Birth Date:1976 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Stadtsteinach, West Germany
Party:CSU
Nationality:German
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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Silke Launert. CDU/CSU-Fraktion. 2020-03-23.
  2. Web site: German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-23.
  3. https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-876650 Hagedorn (SPD) übernimmt Vize-Vorsitz im Haushaltsausschuss
  4. https://www.bpb.de/die-bpb/ueber-uns/organisation/51246/das-kuratorium-der-bpb/ Board of Trustees
  5. https://www.ekd.de/Kammer-fur-Migration-und-Integration-14789.htm Committee on Migration and Integration
  6. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle