Yvonne Magwas (born 28 November 1979) is a German

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). A member of the German

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since 2013, she has been its Vice President as of October 2021.

Education and early career

Yvonne Magwas grew up in the

Vogtland Vogtland (; cz, Fojtsko) is a region spanning the German states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and north-western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It overlaps with and is largely contained within Euregio Egrensis. The name alludes to the former ...

towns of Falkenstein and Auerbach, where she took her A-Levels at the Goethe-Gymnasium Auerbach in 1998. From 1999 to 2006, she studied sociology, psychology, and business administration at the

Chemnitz University of Technology Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

, where she graduated with a ''Diploma in Sociology''. Still during her studies, Magwas started up a company matching applicants with relevant internships as well as carrying out investigations in the field of human resources and organizational development. In addition, she acted as the chief of staff to the member of the German Bundestag

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between 2005 and 2013.

Political career

Magwas joined the

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''(eng.: Young Union)'', that is the youth organization of the

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(CDU) and became a member of the CDU in 2001. She served as district chairwoman of the ''Junge Union

'' (2001-2006) and member of the board of the Junge Union in Saxony (2003-2008). As of 2008, she has been the deputy district chair of the CDU Vogtland. In 2003, Magwas was elected Councillor in Auerbach and district councillor in the Vogtland district, and exercised these function until 2009 and 2005, respectively. In the 2013 federal elections, Magwas was elected a member of the German Bundestag, where she became a member of the ''Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety'' and the ''Committee on Culture and Media'' and acted as the former committee's

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on rental policy, housing and urban development. As of 2018, she has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. Amid the

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, Magwas co-chaired – alongside

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and

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– the CDU’s first ever digital national convention in 2021.

Other activities

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, Alternate Member of the Council (since 2018) * German Federal Film Board (FFA), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018) *

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, Member of the Broadcasting Council (since 2014)

Political positions

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’

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in 2018, Magwas publicly endorsed

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to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair. In 2019, she joined 14 members of her parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Merkel and Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives

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and

Roland Koch Roland Koch (born 24 March 1958) is a German jurist and former conservative politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), CDU. He was the 7th Minister-President, Minister President of Hesse from 7 April 1999, immediately becoming the 5 ...

. In 2020, Magwas was one of the driving forces behind plans to introduce a mandatory quota aimed at achieving equal representation of women within the CDU’s regional and national governing bodies by 2025.

Personal lif e

As of 2018, Magwas has been in a relationship with Marco Wanderwitz, with whom she had a child in 2019.Susanne Kiwitter (January 12, 2019)
Abgeordnete Yvonne Magwas: "Ich freue mich auf mein Kind"
'' Freie Presse''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magwas, Yvonne 1979 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017