Ronja Endres (born 1986) is a German politician of the SPD of Bavaria. She has been chairwoman of the Bavarian SPD since 24 April 2021 in a dual leadership with Florian von Brunn. [1]
Endres was born in Starnberg and grew up in Penzberg. She completed an apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant and, with the support of the Hans-Böckler-Foundation, obtained her Abitur on the second educational path . After studying international relations and management at the OTH Regensburg, the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and spending time abroad in the US, Belgium, Pakistan and Estonia, she worked as a political consultant in Berlin and Munich.
She lives in Regensburg. [1]
Endres has been a member of the SPD since 2008. [1] Since 2017 she has been a member of the AfA (working group for work in the SPD) state board of Bavaria and since 2018 a member of the federal board; since 2019 she has been chairwoman of AfA Bayern. [1] Since 2019 she has also been an advisory voice on the state executive board of the Bavarian SPD and a member of the AsF (working group of social democratic women) Regensburg. [1]
On 24 April 2021, the dual leadership of Endres and Florian von Brunn were elected at the state party conference of the Bavarian SPD. [2]
In December 2021 she was elected to the SPD party executive.
Endres was a member of the 17th Federal Assembly. [3]
For the 2023 Bavarian state election, Endres had applied within the party for the state parliament mandate for the Regensburg-Land and Regensburg-Stadt constituencies. In both cases, Endres withdrew her candidacy due to increased internal competition. [4] [5] [6] [7]
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