Heike Brehmer | |
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| Member of theBundestag forHarz | |
| In office 2009–2025 | |
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| Born | (1962-11-05)5 November 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | CDU |
Heike Brehmer (born 5 November 1962) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as member of theBundestag and former district counselor of the district ofAschersleben-Staßfurt.
Heike Brehmer was born inStaßfurt. She completed an apprenticeship in gastronomy and afterwards an apprenticeship as a merchant for agriculture and food industry (Land- und Nahrungsgüterwirtschaft, LNG). She later qualified to a business administration graduate at aFachhochschule (FH).[1]
From 1990 to 1994, she was a municipality director inTarthun and from 1994 to 2003 head of the joint administrative officeBördeaue.[1]
From 2008 to 2009, she was managing director of theStudentenwerkMagdeburg.[1]
From 1990 to 2003, Brehmer was a member of the Aschersleben-Staßfurt district council, which she chaired between 1999 and 2003. On 27 April 2003, she was elected in the run-off election 61.4% as the successor ofThomas Leimbach district administrator of the district of Aschersleben-Staßfurt. On 22 April 2007, Heike Brehmer joined as CDU candidate for the district council post of the newSalzlandkreis district. In the run-off election on 6 May 2007, she lost against the candidate of theSPD, Ulrich Gerstner.
In June 2009, Brehmer was nominated by the CDU as the direct candidate for theconstituency of Harz (constituency 69). In the2009 federal election, she was able to move as directly elected representative for the first time in the German Bundestag, receiving 33% of the first votes.[2] In2013 federal election she was re-elected with 46%, in2017 federal election with 36.4%.
In parliament, Brehmer has served on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs (2009–2013), the Committee on Tourism (2014–2017, since 2021), and the Committee on Petitions (2018–2021). She chaired the Committee on Tourism (2014–2017) and the Committee on Petitions (2018–2021).[1] In 2014, she joined the parliament'sCouncil of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigning committee chairpersons based on party representation.[1]
Within her parliamentary group, Brehmer has been the deputy chairman of the workers' group[3] and led the group of CDU parliamentarians from Saxony-Anhalt from 2013 until 2021.[4]
Since 2009, Brehmer has been a member of the Federal Council of the CDU Association for Municipal Policies (Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung, KPV),[1] since 2010 also deputy chairman of the CDU Saxony-Anhalt under the leadership of chairmanHolger Stahlknecht.
In 2024, Brehmer announced, that she isn't seeking re-election for Bundestag.[5]
In June 2017, Brehmer voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[8]
Brehmer is of Roman Catholic denomination, divorced and has two children.[1]
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