Emmi Zeulner

Emmi Zeulner (born 27 March 1987) is a German politician who represents the Christian Social Union (CSU) in the Bundestag, the German federal parliament.

Emmi Zeulner
Member of the Bundestag
for Kulmbach
Assumed office
22 September 2013
Preceded byKarl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Personal details
Born (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987
Lichtenfels, Bavaria, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyChristian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)

Early life and education

Born in Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany, Zeulner is the daughter of an innkeeper[1] from Degendorf.[2] She became interested in politics at an early age[1] after hearing it discussed in her father's tavern.[2] In cultural events, she represented her town as a basket maker.[1] After leaving school, she studied to become a nurse.[2] In 2008 she was elected a local councillor.[2]

Member of the German Bundestag, 2013–present

In January 2013, Zeulner was selected as the CSU candidate for the Kulmbach constituency, defeating two CSU candidates from neighbouring counties.[3]

Results[4]
Candidate Vote
1 2
Emmi Zeulner 68 82
Jörg Kunstmann 71 76
Alexander Hummel 19 -

The Kulmbach constituency had been held by the party since a 1950 by-election and at the previous election her predecessor, the high-profile Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, had received the highest vote share in Germany.[3] She held the seat at the 2013 election, receiving nearly 57% of the vote.[5] She was the youngest CSU candidate in the election.[3] After Mahmut Özdemir, she was the second youngest candidate elected.[6][5]

As member of the Bundestag, Zeulner serves on the Health Committee, where she is her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on palliative and hospice medicine, drugs and other addictive substances as well as migration issues.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Zeulner was part of the working group on health policy, led by Hermann Gröhe, Georg Nüßlein and Malu Dreyer.

Other activities
  • Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[7]

Political positions

In June 2017, Zeulner voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[8]

Personal life

Zeulner and her partner Jürgen Baumgärtner have a daughter.

References
  1. 26-jährige Fränkin will in den Bundestag, Stern, 14 August 2013
  2. "KT und ich sind zwei komplett verschiedene Stiefel", Die Welt, 19 June 2013
  3. Karrieren: Die Brunzkartlerin, Der Spiegel, 10 June 2013
  4. CSU kürt Emmi Zeulner zur Kandidatin, Frankenpost, 25 January 2013
  5. Emmi Zeulner: Die Jüngste, Westdeutsche Zeitung, 21 October 2013
  6. Der und die Jüngste im Bundestag, Rheinische Post, 21 October 2013
  7. Kuratoriums-Wahl der Hirschfeld-Stiftung Deutscher Bundestag, press release of 7 November 2018.
  8. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.


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