Johanna Uekermann

Johanna Uekermann at the Juso-Bundeskongress 2015 in Bremen

Johanna Uekermann (born 18 September 1987 in Straubing) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Since December 2013, she has been chairwoman of the Young Socialists in the SPD (Jusos).

Life

She was born in 1987 in the Bavarian city of Straubing. She is the daughter of two social-democratic teachers and grew up near Mitterfels.[1]

Uekermann joined Jusos when she was 14 years old.[2] In 2009, she was elected as vice-chairwoman of the Bavarian Jusos, and in 2011 as vice-chairwoman of the German Jusos. In 2013, she ran for the Bundestag elections and reached 17.6 percent of the vote in the electoral district of Straubing against the CSU candidate Alois Rainer.[3] At the German congress of the Jusos on 6 December 2013 in Nuremberg, she was elected as chairwoman of the German Jusos with 207 of 296 votes. In the local elections on 16 March 2014, she was elected into the district council of Straubing-Bogen. In 2015, she was re-elected as chairwoman of the Jusos for two more years with 72.3 percent of the vote.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Rundschau, Frankfurter. ""Da muss die Große Koalition nacharbeiten"". Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  2. ↑ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "SPD-Nachwuchs: Jusos wählen Johanna Uekermann zur Vorsitzenden - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Politik". SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  3. ↑ ""So groß die Koalition auch sein mag, ihre Konzepte sind zu klein"". stern.de (in German). 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Jusos tagen in Bremen: Gabriel geht ins Weserstadion - WELT". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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