Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber

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Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
Lisbon, Portugal
NationalityGerman
Political party Christian Democratic Union
Alma mater University of Cologne
OccupationLawyer

Catarina dos Santos (born 8 July 1994) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021. [1]

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Early life and career

Dos Santos was born in Lisbon in 1994 and grew up in Eschweiler. She worked as a lawyer at a law firm in Meerbusch.

Political career

Dos Santos joined the CDU in 2014. [2]

Dos Santos became member of the Bundestag in the 2021 elections, representing the Aachen II district. [3] In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Digital Affairs. [4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Dos Santos is part of the German-Portuguese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly. [5] She has also been a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022. [6] In the Assembly, she serves on the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. [7]

Other activities

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References

  1. ↑ "12 Fragen an Catarina dos Santos". CDU Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. ↑ Lisanne Dehnbostel, Francesco Giammarco, Alard von Kittlitz, Christian Parth, Florentin Schumacher, Greta Taubert and Carolin Würfel (20 January 2021), CDU-Parteitag: Wie war die Stimmung im Saal? Die Zeit .
  3. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag - Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber".
  4. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag - Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber".
  5. ↑ Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Bundestag.
  6. ↑ Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
  7. ↑ Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
  8. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag - Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber".


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