Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker | |
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 Winkelmeier-Becker in 2013 | |
| Member of theBundestag forRhein-Sieg-Kreis I | |
| Assumed office 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Uwe Göllner |
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| Born | (1962-09-15)15 September 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker (néeWinkelmeier, born 15 September 1962) is a German lawyer and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag fromRhein-Sieg-Kreis I in the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia since 2005.
From 2019 to 2021, Winkelmeiner-Becker also served as Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy under MinisterPeter Altmaier in thegovernment ofChancellorAngela Merkel.
Winkelmeier-Becker first became a member of the Bundestag in the2005 German federal election.[1] In parliament, she has served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (2005–2019); the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2005–2013); and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development (2005–2009).
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and theSPD following the2013 federal elections, Winkelmeier-Becker was part of theCDU/CSU delegation in the working group on families, women and equality, led byAnnette Widmann-Mauz andManuela Schwesig. In similar negotiations following the2017 federal elections, she was part of the working group on internal and legal affairs, led byThomas de Maizière,Stephan Mayer andHeiko Maas.
In 2018, Winkelmeier-Becker joined 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).
From 2019 to 2021, Winkelmeier-Becker served as Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Energy. In this capacity, she was also the ministry's Special Coordinator for theExtractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).[2]
Following the2021 elections, Winkelmeier-Becker became the chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs.[3]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofMinister-President of North Rhine-WestphaliaHendrik Wüst following the2022 state elections, Winkelmeier-Becker was part of her party’s delegation.[4]
On Dec 15, 2022, Mrs Winkelmeier-Becker declared that she politically supports Eshragh Najafabadi, an Iranian athlete seized byIRGC suppression forces duringMahsa Amini protests.[10][11][12]
In June 2017, Winkelmeier-Becker abstained from a parliamentary vote on Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[13]
In 2019, Winkelmeier-Becker joined 14 members of her parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Merkel and party chairwomanAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservativesFriedrich Merz andRoland Koch.[14]
In January 2025, Winkelmeier-Becker was one of 12 CDU lawmakers who opted not to back a draft law on tightening immigration policy sponsored by their own leaderFriedrich Merz, who had pushed for the law despite warnings from party colleagues that he risked being tarnished with the charge of voting alongside the far-rightAlternative for Germany.[15][16]
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