Anja Weisgerber | |
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| Member of theBundestag forSchweinfurt | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Glos |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2004–2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1976-03-11)11 March 1976 (age 49) |
| Nationality |  Germany |
| Party | German: Christian Social Union  EU:European People's Party |
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Anja Weisgerber (born 11 March 1976) is aGerman lawyer andpolitician. She currently is a member of the GermanBundestag representingSchweinfurt for theChristian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), part of theEuropean People's Party (EPP). She previously served as aMember of the European Parliament (MEP) forBavaria. In addition to her political work, she serves asof counsel at the Frankfurt office of German law firm GSK Stockmann & Kollegen.
In the2004 European elections, Weisgerber was elected as aMember of the European Parliament forBavaria. Throughout her tenure, she was a member of theEuropean Parliament'sCommittee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition, she served as a substitute member on theCommittee on Employment and Social Affairs between 2004 and 2009 and on theCommittee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection between 2006 and 2013. From 2009, she was the co-chairwoman of the informal European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group.
Weisgerber was also a member of the delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (2004-2013) and of the delegation for relations with theMashreq countriesLebanon,Syria,Jordan andEgypt (2009-2013).
In her capacity as member of the committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Weisgerber issued a report on the 2007 revision of the EU Directive on Air Quality. In a vote in February 2009, an overwhelming majority of MEPs on the committee rejected a resolution drawn up by Weisgerber and fellow German MEPHolger Krahmer, which said the commission should not banincandescent light bulbs.[1]
In 2009, the CSU chose Weisgerber to be the party list's number 3 for the2009 European elections, followingMarkus Ferber andAngelika Niebler.[2]
Weisgerber has been a member of the GermanBundestag since the2013 federal election, when she succeededMichael Glos as representative of theSchweinfurt/Kitzingenelectoral district. She has since been serving on the committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and on the Sub-Committee on European Law. On the committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, she serves as her parliamentary group's spokeswoman and asrapporteur on urban development funding and on climate change. In the latter capacity, she participated in the2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference inParis.
In addition to her committee assignments, Weisgerber is a member of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-US Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group. She has been a member of the German delegation to theFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022.[3]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofChancellorAngela Merkel following the2017 federal elections, Weisgerber was part of the working group on urban development, led byBernd Althusmann,Kurt Gribl andNatascha Kohnen. In 2019, she was appointed by the leaders of CDU and CSU,Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer andMarkus Söder, to the parties’ ad hoc steering group on climate policy.[4]
Since the2021 elections, Weisgerber has been serving as her parliamentary group's spokesperson forenvironmental policy.
In June 2017, Weisgerber voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[6]
Weisgerber is a former Bavarian tennis champion. She is married to Carsten Deibel, aphysicist at theChemnitz University of Technology.
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