Anna Lührmann

Anna Lührmann (born 14 June 1983 in Lich, Hesse) is a German political science professor and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections. In addition to her work in parliament, she has been Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since December 8, 2021.

Anna Lührmann
Minister of State for Europe
Assumed office
8 December 2021
MinisterAnnalena Baerbock
Preceded byMichael Roth
Member of the Bundestag
for Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg
In office
2002–2009
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1983-06-14) 14 June 1983
Lich, Hesse, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Alma mater

Lührmann became the youngest-ever member of the German Parliament in 2002,[1] as well as the youngest member of parliament in the world. As an academic, she later served as the Deputy Director of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute and Assistant Professor at the University of Gothenburg, and returned to politics in 2021, currently representing the Rheingau-Taunus-Limburg constituency in the German Bundestag.[2]

Political career

Lührmann first became involved in the Green Party at thirteen and her election came after a fast career in the youth organisation Grün-Alternatives Jugendbündnis.

Member of the German Parliament, 2002–2009

In parliament, Lührmann served on the Budget Committee from 2004 until 2009.[3][4] In this capacity, she was her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the annual budgets of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology.[5]

Academic career

Lührmann began studying political sciences at FernUniversität Hagen, where she obtained her BA, followed by a MSc in Gender and Peace Studies from Ahfad University (Sudan), and a MA in Research Training in Social Sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin. In 2015, she received her PhD from Humboldt University.[6] In August 2015, she joined the Varieties of Democracy Institute at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, as Postdoctoral Research Fellow.[7] Lührmann's research interests include democratic resilience, autocracy, elections, regime legitimacy, and democracy aid and the United Nations.[8][9]

From 2009 until 2011 Lührmann advised the UNDP in Sudan on electoral and parliamentary issues. She is lead author of UNDP's handbook "Enhancing Youth Political Participation Throughout the Electoral Cycle A Good Practice Guide", published in 2013.[10]

Return to politics

Lührmann has been a member of the German Bundestag again since the 2021 elections.[11] Following the formation of the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock appointed her Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office.[12] In this capacity, she represents the German government in the General Affairs Council and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

Other activities

Political positions

Lührmann belongs to the moderate wing of the Green Party.

References
  1. Paterson, Tony (5 October 2002). "Germany's youngest MP to take seat for Greens at 19". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. "About Me". Anna Luehrmann.de. 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. Ulrike Winkelmann (30 May 2008), [Jung-Abgeordnete Lührmann hört auf: "Die Gefahr, Apparatschik zu werden"] Die Tageszeitung.
  4. Mathias Hamann (25 September 2009), Abgang von Anna Lührmann, MdB: "Manchmal hat sie genervt" Der Spiegel.
  5. Jan Dams (14 June 2007), Forschungsministerin bleibt auf 246 Millionen Euro sitzen Berliner Morgenpost.
  6. "Anna Lührmann". Open Democracy. 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. "Researchers | V-Dem". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. "Wolfgang Merkel and Anna Luhrmann on the Resilience of Democracies". CEU Democracy Institute. n.d. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  9. "Anna Luehrmann". Forschung. 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  10. "Enhancing Youth Political Participation Throughout the Electoral Cycle – A Good Practice Guide | Library | Youthpolicy.org". www.youthpolicy.org.
  11. Daniel Meuren (24 June 2021), Politik-Comeback mit 38: Die einst Jüngste will zurück nach Berlin Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  12. Daniel Meuren (2 December 2021), Anna Lührmann wird Europa-Staatsministerin Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  13. Advisory Board Jacques Delors Centre at Hertie School.
  14. Advisory Board Tarabya Cultural Academy.
  15. Executive Committee Franco-German Institute Ludwigsburg (dfi).
  16. International Advisory Board Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF).
  17. Advisory Board Project Adjust, University of Kiel.
  18. "Advisory Board". European Partnership for Democracy (EPD).
  19. DBU aktuell - Nr. 10 | Oktober 2007: Neu im DBU-Kuratorium German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU).

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