Anna Lührmann | |
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| Minister of State for Europe | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2021 | |
| Minister | Annalena Baerbock |
| Preceded by | Michael Roth |
| Member of theBundestag forRheingau-Taunus – Limburg | |
| In office 2002–2009 | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1983-06-14)14 June 1983 (age 41) Lich,Hesse,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Alma mater | |
Anna Lührmann (born 14 June 1983) is a German political scientist and politician ofAlliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of theBundestag since the2021 German federal election. In addition to her work in parliament, she has beenMinister of State at theFederal Foreign Office in theScholz cabinet since 8 December 2021.
Lührmann became the youngest-ever member of the Bundestag in 2002,[1] as well as the youngestmember of Parliament in the world. As an academic, she later served as the deputy director of theV-Dem Institute and assistant professor at theUniversity of Gothenburg. She returned to politics in 2021, representing theRheingau-Taunus – Limburg constituency in the Bundestag.[2]
Born inLich,Hesse, then part ofWest Germany, Lührmann first became involved in Germany's Green Party at thirteen and her election came after a fast career in the youth organisationGrün-Alternatives Jugendbündnis.
In Parliament, Lührmann served on the Budget Committee from 2004 until 2009.[3][4] In this capacity, she was her parliamentary group'srapporteur on the annualbudget of Germany of theFederal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, theFederal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, and theFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology.[5]
Lührmann began studying political sciences atUniversity of Hagen, where she obtained her BA, followed by a MSc in Gender and Peace Studies fromAhfad University for Women (Sudan), and a MA in Research Training in Social Sciences fromHumboldt University of Berlin. In 2015, she received her PhD from Humboldt University.[6] In August 2015, she joined the V-Demo Institute at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, as Postdoctoral Research Fellow.[7] Lührmann's research interests include democratic resilience, autocracy, elections, regime legitimacy, and democracy aid and the United Nations.[8][9]
From 2009 until 2011, Lührmann advised theUNDP in Sudan on electoral and parliamentary issues. She is lead author of UNDP's handbookEnhancing Youth Political Participation Throughout the Electoral Cycle A Good Practice Guide, which was published in 2013.[10]
Lührmann has been a member of the German Bundestag again since the 2021 federal election.[11] Following the formation of the government ofOlaf Scholz (Chancellor of Germany),Annalena Baerbock (Minister for Foreign Affairs) appointed herminister of state at theFederal Foreign Office.[12] In this capacity, she represents the German government in theGeneral Affairs Council and theCommittee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
In October 2023, Lührmann participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Scholz andPresidentEmmanuel Macron.[13][14]
Lührmann belongs to the moderate wing of Germany's Green Party.[citation needed]
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