Bettina Wiesmann

Bettina Wiesmann
Bettina Wiesmann in 2013
Member of the Bundestag
for Frankfurt am Main II
In office
24 October 2017 – 26 October 2021
Preceded byErika Steinbach
Succeeded byOmid Nouripour
Assumed office
2024
Personal details
Born (1966-10-20) 20 October 1966 (age 58)
Berlin, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU

Bettina Margarethe Wiesmann (born 20 October 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Born in Berlin, she has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2017 to 2021 and again since 2024.[1]

Political career

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Wiesmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.[2] In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[3]

In 2022, Wiesmann unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the CDU’s national board.[4]

Other activities

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Political positions

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In 2019, Wiesmann joined 14 members of her parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Angela Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Oliver Bock (20 January 2024), Abgeordnete aus Rhein-Main: Vier Verlierer dürfen doch noch in den Bundestag Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  2. ^ "Bettina Margarethe Wiesmann". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". German Bundestag. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ CDU-Bundesparteitag: Claus neu im Bundesvorstand der CDU Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 January 2022.
  5. ^ Advisory Board Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
  6. ^ Jens Schneider (October 30, 2019), Machtkampf in der CDU: Abgeordnete nennen parteiinterne Kritik "extrem schädlich" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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