| Silvia Breher | |
|---|---|
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| Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2019Serving with Volker Bouffier, Julia Klöckner, Armin Laschet and Thomas Strobl | |
| Leader | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Armin Laschet Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Member of the Bundestag for Cloppenburg – Vechta | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Franz-Josef Holzenkamp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Silvia Maria Lucke (1973-07-23) 23 July 1973 (age 51) Löningen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Osnabrück University |
| Website | silvia-breher |
Silvia Maria Breher (née Lucke; born 23 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a 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; she succeeded Ursula von der Leyen who had been elected to the Presidency of the European Commission.
Early life and career
Breher was born in Löningen and grew up on a farm in Lindern. After gaining her Abitur at Copernicus Gymnasium in Löningen she studied law at the Osnabrück University. 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.
Political career
Career in local politics
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. Since 2018 Breher has been the leader of the Cloppenburg CDU district association and the Löningen CDU association. In March 2019 she was elected leader of the Oldenburg CDU state association and thus member of the State Executive of the CDU in Lower Saxony, under the leadership of chairman Bernd Althusmann.
Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present
As successor of Franz-Josef Holzenkamp, 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. Her constituency is seen as a CDU safe seat, with her party winning the constituency uninterrupted since 1953. In parliament, she has been a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture (2018–2021) as well as a member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (since 2018).
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Breher co-chaired – alongside Tobias Hans, Hendrik Hoppenstedt, Yvonne Magwas and Paul Ziemiak – the CDU's first ever digital national convention in 2021.
Ahead of the 2021 elections, CDU chairman Armin Laschet included Breher in his eight-member shadow cabinet for the Christian Democrats' campaign.
Political positions
In September 2017, Breher supported same-sex marriages. 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.
For the 2021 national elections, Breher endorsed Armin Laschet as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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.
- ^ "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.
- Giorgio Tzimurtas (14 January 2021), Oldenburger Münsterland: Silvia Breher moderiert den CDU-Parteitag OM Online.
- Fatina Keilani and Christoph Prantner (3 September 2021), Personen statt Positionen: Laschet bringt sein «Zukunftsteam» in Stellung Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
- Kirche+Leben: Silvia Breher – Vom Ambo in den Bundestag, 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 (19 April 2021), Landesverband für Söder: Laschets Niederlage in Niedersachsen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
External links
Media related to Silvia Breher at Wikimedia Commons
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Female members of the Bundestag
- 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 2021–2025
- Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany