Antje Tillmann | |
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 Antje Tillmann in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2002–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-08-18)18 August 1964 (age 60) Düsseldorf,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Fachhochschule für Finanzen (Nordkirchen) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Antje Tillmann (born 18 August 1964 inDüsseldorf) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofThuringia from 2002 to 2025.
After graduating from high school in 1983, Tillmann studiedfinance at the University of Applied Sciences for Finance in Nordkirchen, which she completed in 1986 with a degree in finance. She then worked as atax official inNorth Rhine-Westphalia. In 1991, she moved toBrandenburg, where she participated in the establishment of the University of Applied Sciences for Finance inKönigs Wusterhausen. In 1993, she finally went to Thuringia and worked in the Ministry of Finance there. In 1998, she passed the examination to become a tax consultant.[1]
Tillmann isRoman Catholic, divorced, and has one daughter.[2]
Tillmann first became a member of the Bundestag in the2002 German federal election.[3] She was a member of the Budget Committee until moving to the Finance Committee in 2005.[4] In this capacity, she served as her parliamentary group'srapporteur on the introduction of abalanced budget amendment in 2009.
In the negotiations to formChancellorAngela Merkel’sfourth coalition government following the2017 federal elections, Tillmann was part of the working group on financial policies and taxes, led byPeter Altmaier,Andreas Scheuer andOlaf Scholz.[5][6]
Together withRoland Heintze,Daniel Günther,Andreas Jung,David McAllister,Nadine Schön andOliver Wittke, Tillmann co-chaired the CDU's 2018 national convention inHamburg.[7]
In June 2017, Tillmann voted against her parliamentary group's majority and in favor of Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[8]
In September 2020, Tillmann was one of 15 members of her parliamentary group who joinedNorbert Röttgen in writing anopen letter toMinister of the InteriorHorst Seehofer which called on Germany and other EU counties to take in 5000 immigrants who were left without shelter after fires gutted the overcrowdedMória Reception and Identification Centre on the Greek island ofLesbos.[9]
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