Anette Hübinger (born 9 July 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. From 2005 to 2017, she served as a member of the

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Life and career

Early and personal life

After graduating from the girls' secondary school in Neunkirchen in 1974, Hübinger studied law at

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, which she completed in 1981 with the first state examination in law. After completing her legal clerkship, she also passed the second state examination in 1984 and worked as a consultant in the office of

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, member of the Bundestag, until 1989. Anette Hübinger is

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, married and the mother of one son.

Political career

Hübinger joined the CDU in 1985 and has been deputy chairwoman of the Saarbrücken-Stadt CDU district association since 2000. In 1999 she became honorary district mayor of Halberg. From 2005 to 2017, Hübinger was a member of the Bundestag. In the 2005 federal election, she entered the Bundestag via the Saarland state list. In the 2009 election, she succeeded in winning a direct mandate for the CDU in the Saarbrücken constituency for the first time since Saarland joined the Federal Republic. She was able to assert herself with 31.8% against the

social democrat Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

Elke Ferner. In the

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, she again defended her direct mandate against Ferner. In the 16th and 17th legislative periods, Hübinger was a full member of the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment. She was also a deputy member of the Committee for Transport, Construction and Urban Development. In 2014, she became a full member of the Budget Committee and a member of the Subcommittee on European Union issues, as well as a deputy member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hubinger, Anette 1955 births Living people People from Neunkirchen (German district) Members of the Bundestag for Saarland Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 German Roman Catholics