Yvonne Magwas

Yvonne Magwas
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1979-11-28) 28 November 1979
Rodewisch, East Germany
(now Germany)
Citizenship German
Nationality Germany
Political party CDU

Yvonne Magwas (born in November 28, 1979 in Rodewisch in Eastern Germany (GDR)) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[1]

Education and profession

Yvonne Magwas grew up in the Vogtland in the cities of Falkenstein and Auerbach and finished in 1998 the local Goethe-Gymnasium with Abitur. From 1999, she studied sociology, psychology and business administration at the Technical University of Chemnitz. At that time she also founded a company to mediate qualified internships and to carry out investigations in the field of human resources and organizational development. She completed her studies in 2006 as a sociologist. From 2005 to 2013 she was chief de cabinet of Robert Hochbaum MP.

Party and political office

Magwas joined the Young Union (JU) in 1998 and the CDU in 2001. From 2001 to 2006 she was district chairman of the Junge Union Vogtland, from 2003 to 2008 member of the board of the Young Union in Saxony. Since 2008 she is deputy district chair of the CDU Vogtland.

In the local elections in 2003, Magwas was elected Councillor in Auerbach and district councillor in the Vogtland and practiced the two functions until 2009 or rather until 2005.

In the 2013 federal elections, Magwas was elected as a member of the German Bundestag – being on 12th position of CDU regional list. She is a full member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and the Committee on Culture and Media. There she is rapporteur on rental policy, housing and urban development in the Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. Since 2018, she has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.

In addition to her committee assignments, Magwas is a member of the Berlin-Taipei Parliamentary Circle of Friends. Within her CDU/CSU parliamentary group, she is a member of the working group on municipal policies.

Other activities

  • German Federal Film Board (FFA), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)
  • Deutschlandradio, Member of the Broadcasting Council (since 2014)

Political positions

In June 2017, Magwas voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[2]

References

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