Susanne Hierl (born 29 September 1973 in Eichstätt) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Amberg constituency.[1]
Early life
[edit]Hierl was born in Eichstätt in 1973 and grew up in Postbauer-Heng. After graduating from the Ostendorfer-Gymnasium in 1992, she studied law at the University of Regensburg.[2] She graduated in 1996 with her first state law examination.[3]
Career
[edit]From 1997 to 1999 she did her legal clerkship in Nuremberg and San Francisco. In 1999 she received her second state law exam. Since 2000, she has been working as a lawyer at Rödl & Partner. Since 2016, she has been a specialist lawyer for tax law.[4] In 2004, she moved to Berg with her family[5]
In parliament, Hierl has been serving on the Committee on European Law.[6] Since 2022, she has been part of a study commission set up to investigate the entire period of German involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 and to draw lessons for foreign and security policy in future.[7][8]
Political activities
[edit]Hierl joined the CSU in 2007 and is also a member of the Women's Union.[9] Since 2008, she has been a councillor in the municipality of Berg.[3] In the 2008 state elections in Bavaria, she was a list candidate for the CSU.[2] From 2009 to 2019, she was deputy district chairwoman of the CSU Neumarkt.[2] Since 2009, she has been an assessor on the district executive committee of the CSU District Association of Upper Palatinate.[10] In the 2013 state elections in Bavaria, she was again a list candidate for her party.[2] From 2014 to 2020, she was deputy mayor of the municipality of Berg.[4] Since 2014, she has been a district councillor in the district of Neumarkt.[4] In the 2021 federal election, she won the direct mandate in the Bundestag constituency of Amberg[11] with 40.3% of the first votes and thus entered the 20th German Bundestag.[12] In addition, she was on the list position 20 of her party.[13] She is a full member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag.[14] In addition, Hierl is a deputy member of the Finance Committee and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Bundestag.[14] Since 27 January 2022, she has been deputy chairwoman of the CSU state group in the German Bundestag.[15]
Memberships
[edit]Hierl is a member of the Berg Volunteer Fire Department, the Berg Fruit and Horticulture Association, the DJK Berg, Kolping Berg and the Catholic German Women's Association.[9] Since 2022 she is Member of the Advisory Board of the Tarabya Cultural Academy Board[16]
Private
[edit]She is married and the mother of two children.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Susanne Hierl". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "»Landtagswahlen 2013«". neumarktonline.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b "»Susanne Hierl«". cducsu.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "»Susanne Hierl«". csu-landesgruppe.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "»WER NICHTS ANPACKT, DER WIRD NICHTS BEWEGEN«". susanne-hierl.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Susanne Hierl Bundestag.
- ^ Stefan Heinlein (19 September 2022), Müller (SPD): Gremium wird den gesamten Afghanistan-Einsatz beleuchten Deutschlandfunk.
- ^ Dankbar, Christine (18 September 2022). "»Afghanistan-Einsatz der Bundeswehr: Jetzt soll Michael Müller das Desaster aufarbeiten«". berliner-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b "»Susanne Hierl, MdB«". csu.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "»POLITIK HEISST NICHT NUR VIELE FESTE BESUCHEN UND REDEN HALTEN«". susanne-hierl.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Schneider, Martin (26 June 2024). "»Oberpfälzer Abgeordnete Susanne Hierl nimmt an P20 Meeting in Brasilien teil: Frauen in Führungspositionen und Klimagerechtigkeit im Fokus.«". nachrichten.ag (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "»Bundestagswahl 2021«". bundeswahlleiterin.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "»Wahlbewerber btw21: Susanne Hierl«". severint.net (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b "»Susanne Hierl im Rechtsausschuss tätig«". mittelbayerische.de (in German). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "»CSU im Bundestag wählt fachpolitische Sprecher und stellvertretende Landesgruppenvorsitzende«". csu-landesgruppe.de (in German). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "»Advisory Board«". kulturakademie-tarabya.de (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.