Ursula Männle (born 7 January 1944) is a GermanSocial sciences academic and politician (CSU). She served between1983 and1994 asa member of theBundestag (national parliament). More recently, between 2000 and 2013, she was a member of theBavarian Landtag (regional parliament), chairing an important parliamentary committee and, till 2009, chairing the women's working group in the Landtag.[1][2][3]
Ursula Käthe Männle was born into aCatholic family inLudwigshafen which till1946 was still part ofBavaria's western province. In 1949 her family moved toMunich which meant a "return" to Bavaria: it is in Bavaria that she grew up and has built her academic and political career.[4][5]
In 1973 she became a member of the CSU regional executive, serving between 1987 and 2007 as a member of the party presidium.[10]
She first stood as a candidate for election to theBundestag (national parliament) in 1972, but she was included only at place 30 on the party list, and was not elected.[5] On 4 October 1979 she becamea member of theBundestag (national parliament),[11] taking the seat vacated through the sudden death, two days earlier, of her party colleagueHeinrich Reichold. In the parliament, families policy became a particular focus for her interests.[5] She was not re-elected in1980, but for a second time inherited the seat vacated by a colleague. On 17 March 1983 she took over the seat that had been made available through the resignation (resulting from disagreement over the party's attitude to the legacy of theHolocaust) ofEicke Götz.[12] This time she remained a Bundestag member without further interruption till 1994. Between 1986 and 1994 she chaired the assembly's CDU/CSU women's group.[13]
Between 1994 and 1998 Männle served as the appointedBavarian government's Minister of State ("Staatsministerin") for Federal Affairs (..."für Bundesangelegenheiten").[1]
Between 2000 and 2013 Ursula Männle represented the Starnberg electoral district[14] as a deputy in theBavarianLandtag (regional parliament).[1][15] During this time she was chair of the Landtag committee on Federal and European Affairs and a member of the Committee on Religion.[1] She was a member of the leadership team (Vorstandsmitglied) of theCSU group in the assembly.[16] Till 14 January 2009 she chaired the women's working group in the Landtag.[1] Also, between 2016 and 2018, she represented theCSU on the 28 member executive of theEuropäische Bewegung Deutschland (political network organisation).[17]
In May 2014 Männle succeededHans Zehetmair as chair of theHanns Seidel Foundation, a political research organisation closely aligned with theCSU, created in 1966 as a distinctively Bavarian version of the olderKonrad Adenauer Foundation. It was reported that she been had proposed for the post by the party leaderHorst Seehofer. Having served as deputy chair for twenty years, she was something of an insider candidate. Nevertheless, she was the first woman in the foundation's history ever to take on the top position.[2][18] Her re-election for a further term was reported in August 2018.[19] However, at the end of March 2019, press reports emerged of a planned radical shake-up of the foundation, reflective of a power-shift to a younger generation, and intended to appeal to younger voters, which would involve Männle stepping down, to be replaced as chair by her deputy,Markus Ferber.[20][21]
^ab"Ursula Männle wird Chefin".Die Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung soll erstmals in ihrer Geschichte von einer Frau geführt werden. Nach Informationen des Münchner Merkur schlug CSU-Chef Horst Seehofer die frühere Ministerin für den Posten vor. Bayerischer Rundfunk, München. 3 February 2014. Archived fromthe original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved13 April 2019.
^"Prof. Ursula Männle"(PDF).Biography .... Minister of State (ret.) Chairwoman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V., München. Retrieved13 April 2019.
^Leopold Zaak (20 December 2017)."Studenten werden wieder politischer".Der konservative RCDS feiert sein 50-jähriges Bestehen als Hochschul-Organisation. Er setzt heute auf pragmatische Ziele. Mittelbayerischer Verlag KG, Regensburg. Retrieved13 April 2019.
^"CSU schickt wieder eine Dame".Landtagswahl 2013 .... Starnberg/Andechs – Die Würfel sind gefallen: Die CSU schickt Dr. Ute Eiling-Hüting aus Feldafing ins Rennen um das Direktmandat im Landtag. Bei der Nominierungsversammlung am Samstag in Andechs gab es die erwartet knappe Entscheidung. Münchener Zeitungs-Verlag GmbH & Co.KG, München. 17 November 2012. Retrieved14 April 2019.
^Thomas Reiner (23 January 2019)."Interview mit Ursula Männle: Mehr Frauen in die Politik!".Nach der Landtagswahl in Bayern ist der Anteil weiblicher Abgeordneter auf den tiefsten Stand seit 20 Jahren gefallen, auf nur noch knapp 27 Prozent. Im Interview äußert sich Ursula Männle, Vorsitzende der Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, zu den möglichen Ursachen und den Herausforderungen für Frauen in der Politik. Münchener Zeitungs-Verlag GmbH & Co.KG, München. Retrieved14 April 2019.
^"Auftrag Politische Bildung .... Prof. Ursula Männle".Junge Menschen und Interesse an Politik? Das ist heutzutage alles andere als selbstverständlich, sagt die Vorsitzende der Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Prof. Ursula Männle. Wie schafft es die Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, junge Menschen für Politik und gesellschaftliches Engagement zu begeistern?. Herzkammer Magazin der CSU-Fraktion im Bayerischen Landtag & Weimer Media Group GmbH. (The European Magazine), München. 12 July 2018. Retrieved14 April 2019.
^"Nachfolger für Ursula Männle".Generationswechsel .... Markus Ferber wird neuer Chef der CSU-nahen Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung. Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, München. 29 March 2019. Retrieved14 April 2019.
