Cornelia Seibeld | |
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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 ServingwithManuela 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 |
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.
Seibeld 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]
Seibeld 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]
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