Cornelia Seibeld (born 1974) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since March 2023, she has served as the president of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, having previously served as vice-president from 2016-2023. She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus since 2006.
Cornelia Seibeld | |
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 Seibeld in 2016 | |
| President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2023 | |
| Vice President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |
| In office 28 October 2016 – 16 March 2023 Serving with Manuela Schmidt (until Nov. 2021) and Bahar Haghanipour (since Nov. 2021) | |
| President | Dennis Buchner |
| Preceded by | Andreas Gram |
| Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cornelia Seibeld 1974 (age 49–50) West Berlin |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
Life and education
editSeibeld grew up in the West Berlin neighbourhood of Schöneberg and attended the Barnim and Fläming elementary schools. She graduated from the Walter-Rathenau-Gymnasium in 1994. Afterwards she studied law at the Free University of Berlin until 1999 and, after completing her law examinations in 1999 and 2001, began working as a lawyer in 2002. She specialises in construction and architecture.[1][2] She has a son with fellow CDU politician Sven Rissmann.[3]
Political career
editSeibeld joined the CDU and the Steglitz-Zehlendorf branch of the Young Union in 1996. In 2005, she became deputy chair of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf CDU. She was also previously secretary of the municipal CDU associations in Wannsee and Lilienthal.[1][2]
Seibeld was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin in the 2006 Berlin state election, winning the constituency of Steglitz-Zehlendorf 4. In the 2006–2011 term, she was CDU spokeswoman for legal policy. From 2010–11, she was also deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group. She was re-elected in 2011 and became spokeswoman for religious policy in 2013. She was also a member of the Committee for the Constitution, Legal Affairs, Consumer Protection, and Rules of Procedure. She was also an assessor in the Abgeordnetenahus presidium.[1][2]
After the 2016 Berlin state election, Seibeld was elected as vice president of the Abgeordnetenhaus.[3][4] She also joined the Committee for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs. She was re-elected both to the Abgeordnetenhaus and as vice president after the 2021 Berlin state election.[1][5][6]
After the re-run 2023 Berlin state election, at which the CDU became the largest party, Seibeld was elected as president of the Abgeordnetenhaus.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Cornelia Seibeld". Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "CDU Faction Berlin". CDU Faction Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Berlin's CDU needs a series of new beginnings". Tagesspiegel (in German). 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Cornelia Seibeld is the new Vice President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin". Lilienthal CDU (in German). 27 October 2016.
- ^ "This is the future top trio in the Berlin House of Representatives". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Dennis Buchner is the new President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin". Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (in German). 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Cornelia Seibeld neue Präsidentin des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin". Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (in German). 16 March 2023.
External links
edit- "Cornelia Seibeld". Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- "Cornelia Seibeld". Cornelia-seibeld.de.