Annette Widmann-Mauz | |
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_by_Sandro_Halank%25E2%2580%25932.jpg) Widmann-Mauz in 2020 | |
| Minister of State for Migration, Refugees and Integration | |
| In office 14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Aydan Özoğuz |
| Succeeded by | Reem Alabali-Radovan |
| Parliamentary State Secretary for Health | |
| In office 29 October 2009 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Minister | Philipp Rösler Daniel Bahr Hermann Gröhe |
| Preceded by | Rolf Schwanitz |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Gebhart |
| Member of theBundestag forTübingen | |
| In office 22 September 2002 – 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Herta Däubler-Gmelin |
| Member of theBundestag forBaden-Württemberg | |
| In office 26 October 1998 – 22 September 2002 | |
| Constituency | CDU List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Annette Widmann (1966-06-13)13 June 1966 (age 59) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Website | www |
Annette Widmann-Mauz (néeWidmann; born 13 June 1966) is a German politician of theChristian Democrats who served as a member of the GermanBundestag (the German federal parliament) from 1998 to 2025, representing theelectoral district of Tübingen. In addition to her work in parliament, she served asParliamentary State Secretary inChancellorAngela Merkel's cabinet from 2009 until 2021.
In the1998 federal election Widmann-Mauz was elected from theCDU Baden-Württemberg list, the second largest chapter of her party. Four years later, in2002, she was elected directly for theconstituency of Tübingen. She has won each re-election in this electoral district at all federal elections since.
In her first legislative term, Widmann-Mauz joined the Committee on Health. Between 2005 and 2009, she served as her parliamentary group's spokesperson on health policy.
Since 2003, Widmann-Mauz has been serving as deputy chairwoman of theCDU Baden-Württemberg, under the leadership of successive chairmenErwin Teufel (2003-2005),Günther Oettinger (2005-2009),Stefan Mappus (2009-2011) andThomas Strobl (since 2011).
In the negotiations to form acoalition government of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and theFree Democrats (FDP) following the2009 federal elections, Widmann-Mauz was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on health policy, led byUrsula von der Leyen andPhilipp Rösler. On 29 October 2009 she became Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Health.[1] In thesecond Merkel cabinet, she first served alongsideDaniel Bahr under the leadership of MinisterPhilipp Rösler (2009-2011) and later under Bahr, who replaced Rösler in 2011.[2] In 2011, she participated in the first joint cabinet meeting between the German government and theState Council of the People's Republic of China in Berlin.
From 2012 to 2022, Widmann-Mauz was a member of the CDU's national board under the leadership of successive chairsAngela Merkel (2012-2018),Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2018–2021) andArmin Laschet (2021–2022).[3] She co-chaired the CDU's national conventions inKarlsruhe (2015)[4] andEssen (2016).[5]
In the negotiations to form athird cabinet under Merkel following the2013 federal elections, Widmann-Mauz led the working group on families, alongsideManuela Schwesig.[6] In the new coalition government, she again served as Parliamentary State Secretary for Health, this time under the leadership of MinisterHermann Gröhe.[7]
From 2015 to 2025, Widman-Mauz led the Christian Democrats’ Women's Union.[8][9]
In the negotiations to form afourth cabinet under Merkel following the2017 federal elections, Widmann-Mauz led the working group on families, alongsideAngelika Niebler andKatarina Barley. She was subsequently appointed Minister of State for Migration, Refugees and Integration in theFederal Chancellery under Merkel.[10]
Following her party's defeat in the2021 elections, Widmann-Mauz announced her candidacy asVice President of the Bundestag; however, the CDU/CSU parliamentary group eventually nominatedYvonne Magwas for the position.[11][12]
In July 2024, Widmann-Mauz announced that she would not stand in the2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[13]
In 2014, Widmann-Mauz negotiated legislation requiring German companies to allot 30 percent of their non-executive board seats to women from 2016.[28]
In June 2017, Widmann-Mauz voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[29]
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’leadership election in 2018, Widmann-Mauz publicly endorsedAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeedAngela Merkel as the party's chair.[30]
In April 2020, Widmann-Mauz co-signed – alongside around 50 other members of her parliamentary group – a letter toPresident of the European CommissionUrsula von der Leyen which called on the European Union to take in children who were living in migrant camps across Greece.[31][32]
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