Annette Widmann-Mauz ( Widmann; born 13 June 1966) is a German politician of the

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who has been serving as a member of the German (the German federal parliament) since 1998, representing the electoral district of Tübingen. In addition to her work in parliament, she served as

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and third cabinet from 2009 until 2021.

Political career

Member of the Bundestag, 1998–present

In the 1998 federal election Widmann-Mauz was elected from the

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list, the second largest chapter of her party. Four years later, in

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, she was elected directly for the constituency of Tübingen. She has won each re-election in this electoral district at all federal elections since. In her first legislative term, Widmann-Mauz joined the Committee on Health. Between 2005 and 2009, she served as her parliamentary group's spokesperson on health policy. Since 2003, Widmann-Mauz has been serving as deputy chairwoman of the

, under the leadership of successive chairmen

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(2003-2005),

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(2005-2009),

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(2009-2011) and

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(since 2011).

Career in government, 2009–2021

In the negotiations to form a

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of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2009 federal elections, Widmann-Mauz was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on health policy, led by

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and

Philipp Rösler Philipp Rösler (born 24 February 1973) is a German physician and former politician who served as federal minister of health from 2009–2011 and federal minister of economics and technology as well as vice-chancellor of Germany from 2011 to ...

. On 29 October 2009 she became Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health. In the

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, she first served alongside

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under the leadership of Minister

(2009-2011) and later under Bahr, who replaced Rösler in 2011. In 2011, she participated in the first joint cabinet meeting between the German government and the

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in Berlin. From 2012 to 2022, Widmann-Mauz was a member of the CDU's national board under the leadership of successive chairs

(2012-2018),

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(2018–2021) and

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(2021–2022). She co-chaired the CDU’s national conventions in

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(2015) and

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(2016). In the negotiations to form a

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cabinet under Merkel following the 2013 federal elections, Widmann-Mauz led the working group on families, alongside

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. In the new coalition government, she again served as Parliamentary State Secretary for Health, this time under the leadership of Minister

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. Since 2015, Widman-Mauz has been leading the Christian Democrats’ Women’s Union. In the negotiations to form a fourth cabinet under Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Widmann-Mauz led the working group on families, alongside

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and

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. In her role as Minister of State for Migration, Refugees and Integration, she has since been working in the Federal Chancellery under Merkel. Following her party’s defeat in the

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, Widmann-Mauz announced her candidacy as

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; however, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group eventually nominated

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for the position.

Other activities

Corporate boards

* Paracelsus-Kliniken Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGaA, Member of the Supervisory Board (2005-2013) * Hallesche Krankenversicherung, Member of the Advisory Board (2005-2013)

Non-profit organizations

* German Federal Cultural Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) *

Konrad Adenauer Foundation The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (german: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS) is a German political party foundation associated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The foundation's headquarters are located in Sank ...

(KAS), Member of the Board of Trustees *

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(DBK), Advisor to the Commission on Charitable Affairs (since 2020) *

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, Member of the Board of Trustees * ''Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz'', Ex-officio Member of the Advisory Board (since 2018) * Civis Media Prize, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018) * ''Deutschlandstiftung Integration'', Ex-Officio Member of the Board (since 2018) *

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(DFB), Egidius Braun Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018) * Civis Media Prize, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018) * ''Deutschlandstiftung Integration'', Ex-Officio Member of the Board (since 2018) *

(DFB), Egidius Braun Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018) * Deutsche Hospiz- und Palliativstiftung (DHPS), Member of the Board of Trustees *

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics is located in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft). The institute is studying signal and information processin ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees *

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, Member of the Board of Trustees * Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (1998-2013) * German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology (DGPPN), Member of the Advisory Board (2002-2005)

Political positions

In 2014, Widmann-Mauz negotiated legislation requiring German companies to allot 30 percent of their non-executive board seats to women from 2016. In June 2017, Widmann-Mauz voted against Germany’s introduction of

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. Ahead of the Christian Democrats’

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in 2018, Widmann-Mauz publicly endorsed

to succeed

as the party’s chair. In April 2020, Widmann-Mauz co-signed – alongside around 50 other members of her parliamentary group – a letter to

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which called on the European Union to take in children who were living in migrant camps across Greece.Robert Roßmann (April 6, 2020)
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''.

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