Jessica Weller (born 18 October 1983 in Wissen (Sieg)) is a German politician ( CDU). She has been a member of the

Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate The Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag is the state diet of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Article 79, Section 1 of the Rhineland-Palatinate constitution provides: "The Landtag is the supreme organ of political decision-making, el ...

. She will no longer be a member of the Landtag elected in 2021 as of May 2021.

Life and career

Weller passed her general university entrance qualification in 2003 at the Kopernikus-Gymnasium in

Wissen Wissen is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen. Wissen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") ...

. After completing a dual programme of studies to become a "Diplom-Verwaltungswirtin (FH)" (a German degree in public administration) at the Cologne university of applied sciences in public administration, she was a placement officer at the Federal Employment Agencie's local branch in Betzdorf from 2009 to 2011. From 2011 to 2019, she was employed as a clerk at the Federal Ministry of the Interior in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

. Jessica Weller is

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. She is married, has a son as well as a daughter and lives with her family in Gebhardshain.

Politics

Weller joined the CDU in 2004 and has been a member of the district council of the Altenkirchen district since 2014, where she is deputy parliamentary group spokesperson for the CDU district council's faction and a member of the district committee. Since 2019, she has been deputy mayor of the local municipality of Gebhardshain and a member of the local council of Gebhardshain. Weller has been a member of the

since 1 September 2019. She succeeded Peter Enders, who was directly elected in the electoral district of

Altenkirchen Altenkirchen () is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Altenkirchen. It is located approximately 40 km east of Bonn and 50 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("co ...

(

Westerwald The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish ...

) and gave up his mandate on 31 August 2019, after being elected

county commission A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States; such commissions usually comprise ...

er of the Altenkirchen district in the local elections in May 2019. In the state parliament, she worked in the Committee for Social Affairs & Labour, the Committee for Environment, Energy, Food & Forestry and the Committee for Equality and the Advancement of Women until her leaving after the state elections in 2021. She was the spokesperson on forestry policy for the CDU state parliamentary group. Since August 2019, she has been state chairwoman of the CDA Rhineland-Palatinate and since 2017 federal member representative of the Women's Union of the CDU of Germany.

References

External links

Jessica Weller's Website

Official Biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weller, Jessica 1983 births People from Altenkirchen (district) 21st-century German politicians Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate Living people