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Astrid Grotelüschen Astrid Katharina Josefine Grotelüschen ( née Schober 9 December 1964 ) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 18th general election , having won the direct mandate in the constituency of Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land in both the 2013 and 2017 general elections . She was already a directly elected member of the German Bundestag from 2009 to 2010 , and from April 2010 until her resignation in December of the same year , State Minister for Food , Agriculture , Consumer Protection and Regional Development of Lower Saxony . Early life and career . Schober was born in Cologne and grew up in Brühl ( Rhineland ) , where she graduated from the Erzbischöfliches St . Ursula-Gymnasium in 1984 . From 1984 to 1990 , she studied food and nutrition science at the University of Bonn and graduated as a certified ecotrophologist . She was the first in her family to graduate from university . During her apprenticeship she worked ( partly as an intern ) in the food industry , the bakery and butcher trade , in canteen kitchens , in retirement homes and in agriculture . In 1990 , she joined the then-family business of her in-laws , Germanys second largest turkey hatchery Ahlhorn , and in 2001 she took over the management together with her husband Garlich Grotelüschen . Political career . Grotelüschen has been a member of the CDU since 2000 and deputy district chairman of her party in Oldenburg-Land since 2001 . Since 2001 , she has been a member of the municipal council of Großenkneten and has served as group leader since 2006 ; she is also a member of the district council of the administrative district Oldenburg since 2006 . In the 2009 general election , Grotelüschen won the constituency Delmenhorst - Wesermarsch - Oldenburg-Land in Lower Saxony with 35.3% of the first votes and thus directly entered the Bundestag . She was able to prevail against Holger Ortel ( SPD ) , who had won the constituency before , and now entered the Bundestag via the state list . The SPD had previously won the constituency for nearly thirty years . On April 19 , 2010 , Grotelüschen was appointed State Minister of Agriculture by Lower Saxony Minister-President Christian Wulff and entered office on April 27 , 2010 as part of the Cabinet Wulff II . She left the Bundestag , and was replaced by Ewa Klamt . On December 17 , 2010 , she resigned from her ministerial office . In the general election on 22 September 2013 , Grotelüschen reappeared in her former constituency , prevailinf narrowly with less than 700 votes ahead and thus entered the 18th German Bundestag , which she has been a member of since its formation in mid-October 2013 . In the 18th legislative term from 2014 until 2017 , Grotelüschen chaired the Subcommittee on Regional Economic Policy and ERP Business Plans . In the 2017 elections , Grotelüschen won the constituency for the third time in a row with 34.1% and a lead of 2063 first votes . She has since been serving on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy . In April 2020 , Grotelüschen announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term . Controversy . In August 2010 , Grotelüschen was reported by animal rights organization PETA on suspicion of being involved in animal cruelty in turkey poultry farms of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern grower community , of which Grotelüschens husband holds 30% . The public prosecutor of Oldenburg initiated no investigation against the Grotelüschen family after examination in early October 2010 , since the Grotelüschen family .. . was not responsible for these animal facilities . In December 2010 , Grotelüschen came under criticism again when the public prosecutors office of Oldenburg investigated the slaughterhouse Geestland Putenspezialitäten GmbH und Co . KG in Wildeshausen ( Landkreis Oldenburg ) owned by the PHW Group , in which the turkey hatchery is a limited partner , on suspicion of assistance to illegal employment and illegal temporary employment . An indictment was filed in 2012 , but the trial of the allegations before the district court has not yet taken place as of February 2016 . Personal life . Grotelüschen has three children and lives in Ahlhorn , a village in the municipality of Großenkneten south of Oldenburg . External links . - Personal website - Biography at the Bundestag website