Johanna Uekermann

Johanna Uekermann (born 18 September 1987 in Straubing) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From December 2013 to November 2017, she was chairwoman of the Young Socialists in the SPD (Jusos) and since May 2017 has been the Deputy Leader of the SPD Bayern.

Johanna Uekermann
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Bavaria
Assumed office
20 May 2017
LeaderNatascha Kohnen
Preceded byAnnette Karl
Leader of the Young Socialists
In office
6 December 2013 – November 2017
Preceded bySascha Vogt
Succeeded byKevin Kühnert
Personal details
Born (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987
Straubing, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Life and career

Uekermann was born in 1987 in the Bavarian city of Straubing. She is the daughter of two social-democratic teachers and grew up near Mitterfels.[1]

Uekermann joined Jusos when she was 14 years old.[2] In 2009, she was elected as vice-chairwoman of the Bavarian Jusos, and in 2011 as vice-chairwoman of the German Jusos. In 2013, she ran for the Bundestag elections and reached 17.6 percent of the vote in the electoral district of Straubing against the CSU candidate Alois Rainer.[3] At the German congress of the Jusos on 6 December 2013 in Nuremberg, she was elected as chairwoman of the German Jusos with 207 of 296 votes. In the local elections on 16 March 2014, she was elected into the district council of Straubing-Bogen. In 2015, she was re-elected as chairwoman of the Jusos for two more years with 72.3 percent of the vote.[4]

Since 2017, Uekermann has been serving as deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Bavaria, under the leadership of Natascha Kohnen. In 2018 she candidates for a seat in the Landtag of Bavaria.

Other activities

References
  1. Rundschau, Frankfurter. ""Da muss die Große Koalition nacharbeiten"". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  2. Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "SPD-Nachwuchs: Jusos wählen Johanna Uekermann zur Vorsitzenden - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Politik". SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  3. ""So groß die Koalition auch sein mag, ihre Konzepte sind zu klein"". stern.de (in German). 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  4. "Jusos tagen in Bremen: Gabriel geht ins Weserstadion - WELT". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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