Johanna Uekermann (born 18 September 1987) is a German politician of the

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(SPD). She served as

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of the

Young Socialists in the SPD Working Group of Young Socialists in the SPD (german: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Jungsozialistinnen und Jungsozialisten in der SPD, Jusos) is a volunteer youth organization of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). As of 2021, there are over ...

(Jusos) from 2013 to 2017 and as Deputy Leader of the SPD Bayern from 2017 until 2021

Early life

Uekermann was born in 1987 in the

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n city of

Straubing Straubing () is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held. The city is located on the Danube form ...

. She is the daughter of two social-democratic teachers and grew up near Mitterfels.

Political career

Uekermann joined Jusos when she was 14 years old. In 2009, she was elected as vice-chairwoman of the Bavarian Jusos, and in 2011 as vice-chairwoman of the German Jusos. In 2013, she ran for the Bundestag elections and reached 17.6 percent of the vote in the electoral district of Straubing against the CSU candidate Alois Rainer. At the German congress of the Jusos on 6 December 2013 in Nuremberg, she was elected as chairwoman of the German Jusos with 207 of 296 votes. In the local elections on 16 March 2014, she was elected into the district council of Straubing-Bogen. In 2015, she was re-elected as chairwoman of the Jusos for two more years with 72.3 percent of the vote. From 2017 until 2021, Uekermann served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Bavaria, under the leadership of

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. In

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she was a candidate for a seat in the

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. Together with

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, Oliver Kaczmarek, Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller and

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, Uekermann co-chaired the SPD’s 2019 national convention in Berlin, during which the party elected

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and

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as its new leaders.Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages in Berlin, 2019

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(SPD).

Other activities

* Friends of the Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem (WBC), Member * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Uekermann, Johanna 1987 births People from Straubing Living people Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians 21st-century German politicians 21st-century German women politicians