Carmen Wegge | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
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| Born | (1989-09-24)24 September 1989 (age 36) |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Carmen Wegge (born 24 September 1989) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag since 2021.
Wegge was born in 1989 in the West German town ofHattingen and studiedlaw at theUniversity of Munich.[1] During her studies, she lived inBarbados for three months.[2]
Wegge joined the SPD in 2005 and became a member of the Bundestag in 2021, representing theStarnberg – Landsberg am Lech district.
In parliament, Wegge has since been serving on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs.[3] In this capacity, she is her parliamentary group'srapporteur on the legalization of cannabis,gun control, explosives, cybercrime, surveillance instruments and powers, data protection, freedom of information,assisted suicide, gender equality, violence against women, and gender representation on corporate boards, among others.[4] Since the2025 elections, she has been her parliamentary group's spokesperson on legal affairs and consumer protection.[5] She also serves on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely theFederal Court of Justice (BGH), theFederal Administrative Court (BVerwG), theFederal Fiscal Court (BFH), theFederal Labour Court (BAG), and theFederal Social Court (BSG).[6]
Within her parliamentary group, Wegge belongs to theParliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[7]
Together withMarco Wanderwitz,Till Steffen , andMartina Renner, Wegge was one of the initiators of a 2024 cross-party initiative to request that theFederal Constitutional Court issue a ban on the far-rightAlternative for Germany party.[8]
Wegge is married and has a child.[11]
