Mechthilde Wittmann (born 12 December 1967) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021.

Early life and education

Wittmann was born 1967 in Munich and the daughter of politician Fritz Wittmann. She studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich and law at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

Political career

Wittmann joined the CSU in 1983. Wittmann was a member of the State Parliament of Bavaria 2013 to 2018, where she served on the Committee on Legal Affairs. Wittmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 elections. In parliament, she serves on the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on Tourism. She is also one of the parliament's two representatives on the Europol Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group.

Other activities

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