Jana Schimke

Jana Schimke
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Personal details
Born	(1979-09-06) 6 September 1979 (age 43) Cottbus, East Germany (now Germany)
Citizenship	German
Political party	CDU
Children	1

Jana Schimke (born 6 September 1979) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who is a member of the Bundestag, the German federal parliament (federal election 2021).

Early life and career

Schimke was born in Cottbus, Germany. A political scientist, ^[1] she worked as an intern in the Bundestag from 2002 to 2006. ^[1] She also worked for the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) from 2008 until 2013. ^[1]

Political career

At the general election in September 2013, Schimke unexpectedly ^[1] gained the constituency of Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I from the Social Democratic Party. From 2013 to 2021, she served on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs, where she was her parliamentary group's rapporteur on temporary employment and the situation in the East German states. In addition to her committee assignments, she is the chairwoman of the German-Spanish Parliamentary Friendship Group. Within the CDU/CSU, she is a member of MIT, its pro-business wing.

Since 2015, Schimke has been serving as deputy chairwoman of the CDU in Brandenburg, under the leadership of chairman Ingo Senftleben. In 2019, she was appointed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community to serve on the committee that oversaw the preparations for the 30th anniversary of German reunification. ^[2]

Since 2021, Schimke has been serving as chairwoman of the Committee on Tourism. ^[3]

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

• Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board

Corporate boards

• Michels Kliniken, Member of the Advisory Board

Non-profit organizations

• German Red Cross (DRK), Brandenburg Chapter, Member of the Presidium
• McDonald’s Kinderhilfe Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees

Political positions

Schimke was one of only five CDU parliamentarians who voted against the government’s draft law on introducing a national minimum wage for the first time in Germany’s history in July 2014. ^[4]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Schimke publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair. ^[5]

In 2020, Schimke opposed plans to introduce a mandatory quota aimed at achieving equal representation of women within the CDU’s regional and national governing bodies by 2025. ^{[6] [7]}

Recognition

Following her election, Schimke was named "Miss Bundestag" in poll conducted by BILD newspaper in 2013. ^[8]

Personal life

At the time of her election, Schimke was living with her partner in Nuthetal. ^[1]

References

1. Plötzlich Abgeordnete, Märkische Allgemeine, 24 September 2013
2. 30 Jahre Friedliche Revolution und Deutsche Einheit Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, press release of 3 April 2019.
3. Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Neuaufstellung der Union: Spahn ist jetzt Stellvertreter des Fraktionsvorsitzenden Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , 13 December 2021.
4. Stefan von Borstel (3 July 2014), Helden und Maulhelden beim Mindestlohn Die Welt .
5. Schimke: "CDU hat kein Interesse an vorgezogenen Neuwahlen" ^{[ permanent dead link ]}Inforadio, 7 December 2018.
6. Andreas Rinke (8 July 2020), Merkel's Christian Democrats aim to fill half key party posts with women by 2025 Reuters .
7. Florian Gathmann (8 July 2020), Frauenquote: CDU-Bundestagsabgeordnete kritisieren Quotenbeschluss Der Spiegel .
8. Jana Schimke, die neue Miss Bundestag aus Brandenburg, Berliner Morgenpost, 24 October 2013

External links

• Homepage of Jana Schimke