Heike Brehmer (born 5 November 1962) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as member of the
Bundestag
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and former district counselor of the district of
Aschersleben-Staßfurt
Aschersleben-Staßfurt was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany until 2007. It was bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Schönebeck, Bernburg, Mansfelder Land, Quedlinburg and Bördekreis.
History
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Early life and career
Heike Brehmer was born in
Staßfurt
Staßfurt (Stassfurt) () is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on both sides of the river Bode, approximately northeast of Aschersleben, and south of Magdeburg. Pop. (2005) 23,538.
It was one of th ...
. She completed an apprenticeship in gastronomy and afterwards an apprenticeship as a merchant for agriculture and food industry (''Land- und Nahrungsgüterwirtschaft, LNG''). She later qualified to a business administration graduate at a
Fachhochschule
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(FH).
From 1990 to 1994, she was a municipality director in
Tarthun
Tarthun is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Bördeaue
Bördeaue is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhal ...
and from 1994 to 2003 head of the joint administrative office
Bördeaue
Bördeaue is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Unseburg and Tarthun.
From 2008 to 2009, she was managing director of the
Studentenwerk A Studentenwerk (plural: ''Studentenwerke'') or Studierendenwerk is a state-run non-profit organization for student affairs in Germany. Each ''Studentenwerk'' is organized at the local level so that it covers one or more universities. The umbrella o ...
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river.
Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...
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Political career
Career in local politics
From 1990 to 2003, Brehmer was a member of the Aschersleben-Staßfurt district council, which she chaired between 1999 and 2003. On 27 April 2003, she was elected in the run-off election 61.4% as the successor of Thomas Leimbach district administrator of the district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt. On 22 April 2007, Heike Brehmer joined as CDU candidate for the district council post of the new
Salzlandkreis
Salzland is a district in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Harz, Börde, Magdeburg, Jerichower Land, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz and Saalekreis.
History
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district. In the run-off election on 6 May 2007, she lost against the candidate of the
SPD
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Saskia Esken has been the ...
, Ulrich Gerstner.
Member of Parliament, 2009–present
In June 2009, Brehmer was nominated by the CDU as the direct candidate for the constituency of Harz (constituency 69). In the 2009 federal election, she was able to move as directly elected representative for the first time in the German Bundestag, receiving 33% of the first votes. In 2013 federal election she was re-elected with 46%, in 2017 federal election with 36.4%.
In parliament, Brehmer has served on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs (2009–2013), the Committee on Tourism (2014–2017, since 2021), and the Committee on Petitions (2018–2021). She chaired the Committee on Tourism (2014–2017) and the Committee on Petitions (2018–2021).Heike Brehmer Bundestag.de In 2014, she joined the parliament's Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigning committee chairpersons based on party representation.
Within her parliamentary group, Brehmer has been the deputy chairman of the workers' group and led the group of CDU parliamentarians from Saxony-Anhalt from 2013 until 2021.
Since 2009, Brehmer has been a member of the Federal Council of the CDU Association for Municipal Policies (Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung, KPV), since 2010 also deputy chairman of the CDU Saxony-Anhalt under the leadership of chairman
Holger Stahlknecht
Holger Stahlknecht (born 13 November 1964) is a German lawyer and politician of the CDU who was the State Minister of Internal Affairs in the government of Minister-President Reiner Haseloff of Saxony-Anhalt from 2011 until 2020.
Early life an ...
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Other activities
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Konrad Adenauer Foundation
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, Member (since 2022)
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Federal Agency for Civic Education
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(BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)
Political positions
In June 2017, Brehmer voted against Germany's introduction of
same-sex marriage
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Die Welt
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'', 30 June 2017.
Personal life
Brehmer is of Roman Catholic denomination, divorced and has two children.