Sabine Weiss | |
|---|---|
 Weiss in 2017 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Hans-Ulrich Krüger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-05-26)26 May 1958 (age 67) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | Ruhr University Bochum |
Sabine Katharina Weiss (born 26 May 1958) is a German lawyer and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia since 2009.
In addition to her parliamentary mandate, Weiss served as Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Health under ministerJens Spahn in thegovernment ofChancellorAngela Merkel from 2018 until 2021.
Born inDuisburg,North Rhine-Westphalia, Weiss studied law atRuhr University Bochum.
Weiss first became a member of the Bundestag in the2009 German federal election.[1] In her first term from 2009 until 2013, she served on the Committee on Petitions; the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development; the Subcommittee on Health in Developing Countries; and the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention.
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, Weiss was part of theCDU/CSU delegation in the working group on families, women and equality, led byAnnette Widmann-Mauz andManuela Schwesig. From 2014 until 2018, she was one of the deputy chairs of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairmanVolker Kauder.
In the coalition talks following the2017 federal elections, Weiss was part of the working group on social affairs, this time ledAndrea Nahles,Karl-Josef Laumann andBarbara Stamm. From 2018 until 2021, she served (alongsideThomas Gebhart) as one of two Parliamentary State Secretaries to the Federal Minister for HealthJens Spahn.
Since leaving government, Weiss has been serving on theCommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. In addition to his committee assignments, she has been a member of the German delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022. In the Assembly, she serves on the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons.[2]
In 2024 Weiss announced that she is not seeking re-election for Bundestag.[3]
In June 2017, Weiss voted against her parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany’s introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[5]
In 2019, Weiss 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.[6]
In January 2025, Weiss 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.[7][8]
