Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker (née Winkelmeier, born 15 September 1962) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2005. In 2019, she was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy under Minister Peter Altmaier in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker
Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker in 2013
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2005
Preceded byUwe Göllner
Personal details
Born (1962-09-15) 15 September 1962
Troisdorf, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU
Alma materUniversity of Bonn

Political career

Winkelmeier-Becker first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2005 German federal election.[1] In parliament, she has served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (2005-2019); the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2005-2013); and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development (2005-2009).

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2013 federal elections, Winkelmeier-Becker was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on families, women and equality, led by Annette Widmann-Mauz and Manuela Schwesig. In similar negotiations following the 2017 federal elections, she was part of the working group on internal and legal affairs, led by Thomas de Maizière, Stephan Mayer and Heiko Maas.

In 2018, Winkelmeier-Becker joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).

Since 2019, Winkelmeier-Becker has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Energy. In this capacity, she also serves as the ministry's Special Coordinator for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).[2]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations
  • Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2014)
  • Association of German Foundations, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2009)
  • Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2005)
  • Haus der Geschichte, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2005)
  • German Bishops' Conference (DBK), Advisor to the Commission on Marriage and Family (since 2019)[4]

Political positions

In June 2017, Winkelmeier-Becker abstained from a parliamentary vote on Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[5]

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

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References
  1. "Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker neue Sonderbeauftragte der Bundesregierung für die Umsetzung Initiative für Transparenz in der Rohstoffwirtschaft Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, press release of December 18, 2019.
  3. Michael Odenwald bis zum Jahr 2025 als Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates bestätigt • DB-Kontrollgremium wird weiblicher Deutsche Bahn, press release of March 25, 2020.
  4. Commission on Marriage and Family German Bishops' Conference (DBK).
  5. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  6. Jens Schneider (October 30, 2019), Machtkampf in der CDU: Abgeordnete nennen parteiinterne Kritik "extrem schädlich" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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