Anita Schäfer | |
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 Anita Schäfer in 2017 | |
| Member of theBundestag fromPirmasens | |
| In office 1998–2021 | |
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| Born | (1951-07-09)9 July 1951 (age 74) |
| Political party | CDU |
Anita Schäfer (born 9 July 1951) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofRhineland-Palatinate from 1998 until 2021. She represented theconstituency ofPirmasens.
Schäfer became a member of the Bundestag in the1998 German federal election.[1] In parliament, she served on the Defense Committee.[2]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’leadership election, Schäfer publicly endorsed in 2020Friedrich Merz to succeedAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the party's chair.[3]
In August 2020, Schäfer announced that she would not stand in the2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[4]
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