Anna Lührmann (born 14 June 1983 in

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) is a German political science professor and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German

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since the

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. In addition to her work in parliament, she has been

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at the

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in the

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of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since December 8, 2021. Lührmann became the youngest-ever member of the

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in 2002, as well as the youngest member of parliament in the world. As an academic, she later served as the Deputy Director of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute and Assistant Professor at the University of Gothenburg, and returned to politics in 2021, currently representing the Rheingau-Taunus-Limburg constituency in the German Bundestag.

Political career

Lührmann first became involved in the

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at thirteen and her election came after a fast career in the youth organisation '' Grün-Alternatives Jugendbündnis''.

Member of the German Parliament, 2002–2009

In parliament, Lührmann served on the Budget Committee from 2004 until 2009. In this capacity, she was her parliamentary group’s

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on the annual budgets of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, the

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and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology.

Academic career

Lührmann began studying political sciences at

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, where she obtained her BA, followed by a MSc in Gender and Peace Studies from Ahfad University (Sudan), and a MA in Research Training in Social Sciences from

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. In 2015, she received her PhD from Humboldt University. In August 2015, she joined the Varieties of Democracy Institute at the Department of Political Science,

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, Sweden, as Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Lührmann's research interests include democratic resilience, autocracy, elections, regime legitimacy, and democracy aid and the United Nations. From 2009 until 2011 Lührmann advised the

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in Sudan on electoral and parliamentary issues. She is lead author of UNDP's handbook "Enhancing Youth Political Participation Throughout the Electoral Cycle A Good Practice Guide", published in 2013.

Return to politics

Lührmann has been a member of the German Bundestag again since the

. Following the formation of the

of Chancellor Olaf Scholz,

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appointed her

at the

. In this capacity, she represents the German government in the

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and the

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Other activities

* Franco-German Institute Ludwigsburg (dfi), Ex-Officio Member of the Executive Committee (since 2021) * Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Ex-Officio Chair of the International Advisory Board (since 2021) * Project Adjust,

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, Member of the Advisory Board * German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), Member * European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), Member of the Advisory Board * German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (2007–2008)DBU aktuell - Nr. 10 , Oktober 2007: Neu im DBU-Kuratorium
German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU). *

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(DSW), Member of the Board of Trustees (2002–2005)

Political positions

Lührmann belongs to the moderate wing of the

References

External links

Germany's youngest MP to take seat for Greens at 19

Enhancing Youth Political Participation Throughout the Electoral Cycle – A Good Practice Guide , Library , Youthpolicy.org

Researchers , V-Dem

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