Silvia Breher | |
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Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
Assumed office 22 November 2019 | |
Leader | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Armin Laschet Friedrich Merz |
Preceded by | Ursula von der Leyen |
Member of the Bundestag for Cloppenburg – Vechta | |
Assumed office 24 September 2017 | |
Preceded by | Franz-Josef Holzenkamp |
Personal details | |
Born | Silvia Maria Lucke 23 July 1973 Löningen, West Germany (now Germany) |
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Children | 3 |
Education | Osnabrück University |
Website | silvia-breher |
Silvia Maria Breher (née Lucke; born 23 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Cloppenburg – Vechta since the 2017 federal election. At the CDU conference in November 2019 she was elected as one of the deputy leaders of her party;[1] she succeeded Ursula von der Leyen who had been elected to the Presidency of the European Commission.[2]