member of the German Bundestag
What was the position of Anja Weisgerber from Oct 2013 to Oct 2018?
Anja Weisgerber Anja Weisgerber ( born 11 March 1976 ) is a German lawyer and politician . She currently is a member of the German Bundestag representing Schweinfurt for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria ( CSU ) , part of the European Peoples Party ( EPP ) . She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) for Bavaria . In addition to her political work , she serves as of counsel at the Frankfurt office of German law firm GSK Stockmann & Kollegen . Education and early . - 1996–1997 : Research assistant to Ulrich Sieber - 2000 : First state law examination - 2001 : doctorate in law - 2003 : second state law examination - 2001–2003 : Law officer , District Court , and Regional Assembly , Schweinfurt , Lower Franconia Government , Dr Haas Solicitors , Schweinfurt and Price Waterhouse Coopers Veltins , Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH , Munich - since 2004 : Lawyer Political career . Beginnings . - 1995–1997 : Member of the District Executive of the Schweinfurt Junge Union - 1997 : Founded Schwebheim Junge Union association - since 1997 : Vice-Chair of the Schweinfurt Junge Union - 1996–1999 : District Executive Officer , Lower Franconia Junge Union - 1997–1999 : Member of the District Executive of the Lower Franconia Junge Union , Chairwoman of the Schwebheim Junge Union - Member of the Junge Union Regional Executive - head of Bavaria Junge Union environment working group - since 2003 : Member of the CSU District Executive - since 2002 : Councillor , Schwebheim Member of the European Parliament , 2004-2013 . In the 2004 European elections , Weisgerber was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for Bavaria . Throughout her tenure , she was a member of the European Parliaments Committee on the Environment , Public Health and Food Safety . In addition , she served as a substitute member on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs between 2004 and 2009 and on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection between 2006 and 2013 . From 2009 , she was the co-chairwoman of the informal European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group . Weisgerber was also a member of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean ( 2004-2013 ) and of the delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries Lebanon , Syria , Jordan and Egypt ( 2009-2013 ) . In her capacity as member of the committee on the Environment , Public Health and Food Safety , Weisgerber issued a report on the 2007 revision of the EU Directive on Air Quality . In a vote in February 2009 , an overwhelming majority of MEPs on the committee rejected a resolution drawn up by Weisgerber and fellow German MEP Holger Krahmer , which said the commission should not ban incandescent light bulbs . In 2009 , the CSU chose Weisgerber to be the party lists number 3 for the 2009 European elections , following Markus Ferber and Angelika Niebler . Member of the Bundestag , 2013-present . Weisgerber has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 federal election , when she succeeded Michael Glos as representative of the Schweinfurt/Kitzingen electoral district . She has since been serving on the committee on the Environment , Nature Conservation , Building and Nuclear Safety and on the Sub-Committee on European Law . In addition , she is a member of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group , the German-US Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group . On the committee on the Environment , Nature Conservation , Building and Nuclear Safety , Weisgerber serves as her parliamentary groups spokeswoman and as rapporteur on urban development funding and on climate change . In the latter capacity , she participated in the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris . In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections , Weisgerber was part of the working group on urban development , led by Bernd Althusmann , Kurt Gribl and Natascha Kohnen . In 2019 , she was appointed by the leaders of CDU and CSU , Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Markus Söder , to the parties’ ad hoc steering group on climate policy . Other activities . - Federal Foundation of Baukultur , Member of the Board of Trustees ( since 2013 ) - Donum Vitae Foundation for Bavaria , Member of the Board of Trustees ( since 2015 ) Political positions . In June 2017 , Weisgerber voted against Germanys introduction of same-sex marriage . Recognition . - Medal for Extraordinary Merits for Bavaria in a United Europe ( 2008 ) Personal life . Weisgerber is a former Bavarian tennis champion . She is married to Carsten Deibel , a physicist at the Chemnitz University of Technology .