Andrea Lindholz

Andrea Lindholz (born 25 September 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013. She represents the Aschaffenburg constituency.

Andrea Lindholz
Andrea Lindholz in 2018
Member of the Bundestag for Aschaffenburg
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byNorbert Geis
Personal details
Born (1970-09-25) 25 September 1970
Bonn, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCSU
Alma mater

Early career

Born in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lindholz studied law at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Würzburg. Since 2000, she has been practicing as a lawyer specialized on family law in Aschaffenburg.

Political career

Lindholz first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[1] She is a member of the Committee for Home Affairs.[2] Since 2018, she has also been a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home and the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany’s intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.

In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Lindholz was part of the working group on internal and legal affairs, led by Thomas de Maizière, Stephan Mayer and Heiko Maas.

Other activities

Political positions

In June 2017, Lindholz voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[3]

References
  1. "Andrea Lindholz". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  3. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.


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