Ronja Kemmer ( Schmitt, born 3 May 1989) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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since 2014.

Political career

Following the death of Andreas Schockenhoff, Kemmer took his parliamentary seat in December 2014. She was a member of the Committee on European Affairs before moving to the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment (2018–2021) and the Committee on the Digital Agenda (2018–present). In addition to her committee assignments, she is her parliamentary group's

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. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' under the leadership of

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's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the

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(SPD) following the 2025 German elections, Kemmer was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on digital policy, led by

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, Reinhard Brandt and Armand Zorn. Since 2025, Kemmer has been serving as deputy chair of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman

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. In this capacity, she oversees the group's legislative activity on research, digitization and state modernisation.

Other activities

* German-Israeli Health Forum for Artificial Intelligence (GIHF-AI), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) * Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIN-D), Member of the supervisory board (since 2020)

Political positions

In June 2017, Kemmer voted against Germany's introduction of

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. For the 2021 national elections, Kemmer endorsed

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as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed

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Controversy

Amid the

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in 2020, Kemmer was one of three members of her parliamentary group – alongside Wolfgang Stefinger and

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– who became the subject of media scrutiny after they had accepted an invitation to embark on a three-day short trip to

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; Oman's embassy covered their travel expenses of 5,466 euros each.

Personal life

Kammer has been married to lawyer and fellow CDU politician Fabian Kemmer since 2016.Bernd Rindle (4 October 2020)
Fabian Kemmer löst Thomas Mayer als Vorsitzenden ab - und hat auch privat große Neuigkeiten
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''.

References

External links

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Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemmer, Ronja 1989 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029