Marja-Liisa Völlers | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Marja-Liisa Völlers in 2021 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 23 November 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Carola Reimann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1984-09-28)28 September 1984 (age 41) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Bielefeld |
Marja-Liisa Völlers (born 28 September 1984) is a German teacher and politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as amember of theBundestag from the state ofLower Saxony since 2017.[1]
In the2017 German federal election, Völlers stood in the SPD constituency ofNienburg II – Schaumburg. She lost to CDU candidateMaik Beermann.
Völlers became amember of the Bundestag in 2017 when she succeededCarola Reimann who had resigned.[2] She is a member of the Committee on Health and the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment,[3][4] where she serves as her parliamentary group'srapporteur ondigitization andinclusion. Following the2021 elections, she also joined the Defence Committee.
From 2021 to 2025, Völlers was part of theParliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence servicesBND,BfV andMAD.[5][6]
In addition to her committee assignments, Völlers has been a member of the German delegation to theNATO Parliamentary Assembly since 2022, where she is part of the Defence and Security Committee.[7]
Within her parliamentary group, Völlers has been serving as one of the two speakers of theSeeheim Circle (alongsideDirk Wiese) since 2022.[8]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition under the leadership ofFriedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and the SPD following the2025 German elections, Völlers was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense, development cooperation and human rights, led byJohann Wadephul,Florian Hahn andSvenja Schulze.[9]
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