Ronja Kemmer

Ronja Kemmer (née Schmitt, born 3 May 1989) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2014.

Ronja Kemmer
Ronja Kemmer in 2015
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989
Esslingen am Neckar, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU
Alma mater

Political career

Following the death of Andreas Schockenhoff, Kemmer took his parliamentary seat in December 2014.[1] She was a member of the Committee on European Affairs before moving to the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment (2018–2021) and the Committee on the Digital Agenda (2018–present).[2][3] In addition to her committee assignments, she is her parliamentary group's rapporteur on artificial intelligence.[4]

Other activities
  • German-Israeli Health Forum for Artificial Intelligence (GIHF-AI), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[5]
  • Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIN-D), Member of the supervisory board (since 2020)[6]

Political positions

In June 2017, Kemmer voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.[7]

For the 2021 national elections, Kemmer endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[8]

Controversy

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany in 2020, Kemmer was one of three members of her parliamentary group – alongside Wolfgang Stefinger and Christoph Ploß – who became the subject of media scrutiny after they had accepted an invitation to embark on a three-day short trip to Oman; Oman's embassy covered their travel expenses of 5,466 euros each.[9]

Personal life

Kammer has been married to lawyer and fellow CDU politician Fabian Kemmer since 2016.[10]

References
  1. "Ronja Kemmer". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. "German Bundestag - Education, Research and Technology Assessment". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. "German Bundestag - Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. Sophie Garbe (22 January 2022), Neuaufstellung der CDU Junge Hausmacht Der Spiegel.
  5. GIHF-AI Kuratorium offiziell berufen German-Israeli Health Forum for Artificial Intelligence (GIHF-AI), press release of 3 May 2022.
  6. Aufsichtsrat der Agentur für Sprunginnovationen SprinD tritt zur konstituierenden Sitzung zusammen Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), press release of September 22, 2020.
  7. Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
  8. Veit Medick (March 29, 2021), Krise der Union: Erste CDU-Abgeordnete für Söder als Kanzlerkandidat Der Spiegel.
  9. Sven Becker, Roman Höfner and Sven Röbel (July 3, 2020), Junge Unionspolitiker reisten nach Oman: Per Businessclass zum Basar – auf Kosten des Sultanats Der Spiegel.
  10. Bernd Rindle (4 October 2020), Fabian Kemmer löst Thomas Mayer als Vorsitzenden ab - und hat auch privat große Neuigkeiten Südwest Presse.
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