Silvia Breher
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Assumed office
22 November 2019
LeaderAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Armin Laschet
Friedrich Merz
Preceded byUrsula von der Leyen
Member of the Bundestag
for Cloppenburg – Vechta
Assumed office
24 September 2017
Preceded byFranz-Josef Holzenkamp
Personal details
Born
Silvia Maria Lucke

(1973-07-23) 23 July 1973
Löningen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Children3
EducationOsnabrück University
Websitesilvia-breher.de

Silvia Maria Breher (née Lucke; born 23 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Cloppenburg – Vechta since the 2017 federal election. At the CDU conference in November 2019 she was elected as one of the deputy leaders of her party;[1] she succeeded Ursula von der Leyen who had been elected to the Presidency of the European Commission.[2]

Early life and career

Breher was born in Löningen and grew up on a farm in Lindern.[2] After gaining her Abitur at Copernicus Gymnasium in Löningen she studied law at the Osnabrück University.[3] At the end of 2000 she began practicing as a self-employed lawyer. From 2011 till 2017 she was the Chief Executive of the "Kreislandsvolkverbandes Vechta", the local farmers' union.[3]

Political career

Career in local politics

Breher is a member of the Christian Democratic Union and of her local CDU organisation in Cloppenburg. Between 2014 and 2015 she was a member of the CDU Commission Nachhaltig leben – Lebensqualität bewahren[3]. Since 2018 Breher has been the leader of the Cloppenburg CDU district association[4] and the Löningen CDU association. In March 2019 she was elected leader of the Oldenburg CDU state association[5] and thus member of the State Executive of the CDU in Lower Saxony, under the leadership of chairman Bernd Althusmann.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present

As successor of Franz-Josef Holzenkamp,[6] Breher was selected as the CDU candidate for Cloppenburg – Vechta for the 2017 federal elections. She subsequently won the election with the highest vote share in the country, 57.7 percent.[7] Her constituency is seen as a CDU safe seat, with her party winning the constituency uninterrupted since 1953. In parliament, she has been a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture (2018–2021) as well as a member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (since 2018).[3]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Breher co-chaired – alongside Tobias Hans, Hendrik Hoppenstedt, Yvonne Magwas and Paul Ziemiak – the CDU's first ever digital national convention in 2021.[8]

Ahead of the 2021 elections, CDU chairman Armin Laschet included Breher in his eight-member shadow cabinet for the Christian Democrats' campaign.[9]

Political positions

In September 2017, Breher supported same-sex marriages.[10] In April 2020, she co-signed – alongside around 50 other members of her parliamentary group – a letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen which called on the European Union to take in children who were living in migrant camps across Greece.[11][12]

For the 2021 national elections, Breher endorsed Armin Laschet as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "CDU: Silvia Breher auf Parteitag zur neuen Vizevorsitzenden gewählt – SPIEGEL ONLINE". www-spiegel-de.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 Robert Roßmann (21 November 2019), CDU-Parteitag: Vom Bauernhof an die Parteispitze Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Silvia Breher | Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages" (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung (7 May 2018). "Parteitag I Kreis Cloppenburg/Löningen: CDU setzt auf frischen Wind". www.nwzonline.de (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Nordwest-Zeitung (24 March 2019). "Cdu-Landesparteitag In Friesoythe". www.nwzonline.de (in German). Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Reinhard Bingener (22 November 2019), Die erstaunliche Karriere der Silvia Breher Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  7. ↑ WELT (24 September 2017). "Wahlergebnis Cloppenburg – Vechta: Das Ergebnis im Wahlkreis 32 – Bundestagswahl 2017". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Giorgio Tzimurtas (14 January 2021), Oldenburger Münsterland: Silvia Breher moderiert den CDU-Parteitag OM Online.
  9. ↑ Fatina Keilani and Christoph Prantner (3 September 2021), Personen statt Positionen: Laschet bringt sein «Zukunftsteam» in Stellung Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
  10. ↑ Kirche+Leben: Silvia Breher – Vom Ambo in den Bundesta, September 2017
  11. ↑ Charlotte Raskopf (6 April 2020), 50 CDU-Abgeordnete fordern Aufnahme von Flüchtlingskindern aus griechischen Lagern Handelsblatt.
  12. ↑ Robert Roßmann (6 April 2020), Mehr als 50 Unionsabgeordnete fordern Aufnahme von Flüchtlingskindern Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  13. ↑ Reinhard Bingener (19 April 2021), Landesverband für Söder: Laschets Niederlage in Niedersachsen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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