Beate Meißner (born 2 April 1982) is a German politician from the
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
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. She has been a member of the
Landtag of Thuringia
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since 2006. She has been since 2024.
Educational and professional career
Meißner attended
primary school
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in
Artern from 1988 to 1992, then moved on to
high school
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and graduated from the state-recognized in 2000. She then began studying law at the Friedrich Schiller
University of Jena
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The university was established in 1558 and is cou ...
, which she completed in 2005 with the first state law examination. In addition, she completed a certificate course in political science with a master's degree from 2001 to 2005. By 2011, she had completed her legal preparatory service (referendariat) in the district of the , passing the second state law examination.
Political career
Meißner joined the
Young Union in 1998 and was chairwoman of the JU
Kyffhäuserkreis
The Kyffhäuserkreis is a district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis and Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and E ...
from 2001 to 2004. In 2003 she joined the CDU. In September 2012 she was elected as an assessor on the state executive board of the . From June 2013 to November 2015 Meißner was chairwoman of the CDU district association Sonneberg. She has held this office again since March 2022. In September 2020 she was elected deputy state chairwoman of the CDU Thuringia and deputy chairwoman of the CDU state executive board.
In
Sonneberg
Sonneberg () in Thuringia, Germany, is the seat of the Sonneberg district. It is in the Franconian south of Thuringia, neighboring its Upper Franconian twin town Neustadt bei Coburg.
Sonneberg became known as the "world toy city", and is home ...
, Meißner has been a member of the city council since the . Since 2019, she has also been an honorary councilor for the city of Sonneberg and second deputy mayor.
On 1 July 2006, she replaced the retiring member in the
Landtag of Thuringia
The Landtag of Thuringia is the parliament of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 88 members from five parties. According to the free state's constitution, the primary functions of the Landtag ...
. In the following two years, she was a member of the Education Committee until May 2008, and since May 2008 a member of the Committee on Justice, Federal and European Affairs and the Committee on Social Affairs, Family and Health.
In the
2009 Thuringian state election, she stood for the first time as a
direct candidate for the CDU in the
Sonneberg I constituency and won with 43.2 percent of the first votes against of the
Left Party. In the
Landtag of Thuringia
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, she was chairwoman of the Committee for Social Affairs, Family and Health from 2009 and deputy chairwoman of the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Committee. From February 2012, she was also a member of the Thuringian state parliament's "
Right-wing terrorism
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and the actions of the authorities" investigation committee.
After her successful re-election with 48.1 percent in the
2014 Thuringian state election, Meißner was a member of the Committee for Social Affairs, Labor and Health as well as the Committee for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection and, from January 2015, social policy spokeswoman for the CDU
parliamentary group
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.
In the
2019 Thuringian state election, she again won the direct mandate in her constituency with 41.5 percent, clearly ahead of the candidate from the Left Party. In the 7th legislative period, she was a member of the Committee for Social Affairs, Labor, Health, Family and Women, the Committee for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection, and the Election Review Committee. Meißner was also the spokesperson for the CDU parliamentary group on the issues of family, senior citizens, and the disabled, as well as responsible for the area of equal opportunities.
In the
2024 Thuringian state election, Meißner was re-elected to the Landtag via the
state list
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.
On 13 December 2024, Meißner was appointed in the
Voigt cabinet.
Volunteer work
Meißner sits on the board of trustees of the and on the board of trustees of the Thuringian Volunteer Foundation. She has also been chairwoman of the Sonneberg District Sports Youth since August 2009. She is a member of the Roßleben Monastery School's Friends' Association, the Friends' Association of the Sonneberg State Vocational School, the Sonneberg Handball Club and the Schaumburg Association Schalkau e. V.
Personal life
Meißner is widowed and lives with her daughter in
Sonneberg
Sonneberg () in Thuringia, Germany, is the seat of the Sonneberg district. It is in the Franconian south of Thuringia, neighboring its Upper Franconian twin town Neustadt bei Coburg.
Sonneberg became known as the "world toy city", and is home ...
.
External links
* Kurzbiografie auf der Website des Thüringer Landtags.
*
Infoseite' auf der Website der CDU-Fraktion im Thüringer Landtag
''Homepage'' von Beate Meißner�
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meißner, Beate
Living people
1982 births
People from Marienberg
People from Sonneberg
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Members of the Landtag of Thuringia
Ministers of the Brandenburg State Government
Members of Young Union
21st-century German politicians
21st-century German women politicians
Women government ministers of Germany
University of Jena alumni