Melanie Bernstein
Melanie Bernstein | |
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 Melanie Bernstein in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for Plön – Neumünster | |
| In office 24 September 2017 – 26 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Philipp Murmann |
| Succeeded by | Kristian Klinck |
| Member of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Assumed office 6 February 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Gero Storjohann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1976 Buchholz in der Nordheide, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CDU |
Melanie Bernstein (born 28 September 1976) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein from 2017 to 2021, and again since 2023.[1]
Political career
[edit]Bernstein became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, elected in the constituency of Plön – Neumünster.[2] She was a member of the Committee on Culture and Media and the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[3][4]
Bernstein lost her seat to Kristian Klinck from the Social Democratic Party at the 2021 German federal election.[5] In January 2023, following the death of Gero Storjohann, Bernstein moved up the list and returned to the Bundestag. She has since been serving as a member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Committee on Petitions.
Personal life
[edit]Bernstein is the widow of the CDU politician and member of the state parliament Axel Bernstein (1974–2017), who died in an accident in his garden a month before the 2017 federal election. She is a mother of twins and is an evangelical Christian.[6]
Other activities
[edit]- Deutsche Maritime Akademie, Member of the Advisory Board[7]
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Member of the Board of Trustees[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Melanie Bernstein | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Melanie Bernstein". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Cultural and Media Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Wahlkreis 6, Plön - Neumünster: Alle Wahlergebnisse zur Bundestagswahl 2021". KN - Kieler Nachrichten (in German). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Tragischer Unfalltod mit nur 43 Jahren". gala.de (in German). 26 August 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Advisory Board Deutsche Maritime Akademie.
- ^ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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