Katharina Landgraf (born 24 February 1954) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

from the state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

in 1990 and again from 2005 until 2021.

Political career

From

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until

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, Landgraf served as a member of the State Parliament of Saxony. Landgraf became a member of the Bundestag in the

2005 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th Bundestag. The snap election was called after the government's defeat in a state election, which caused them to intentionally lose a motion of confide ...

. She served on the Committee on Food and Agriculture and in the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the

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following the 2013 federal elections, Landgraf was part of the

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delegation in the working group on families, women and equality, led by

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and

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. In June 2020, Landgraf announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Other activities

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(BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2021) *

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, Member of the Presidium

Political positions

In June 2017, Landgraf voted against Germany's introduction of

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.Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle
''

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'', June 30, 2017.

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1954 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 1987–1990 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany 20th-century German women {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub