Katrin Albsteiger

Katrin Albsteiger (née Poleschner, born 20 November 1983) is a German politician from the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

Katrin Albsteiger
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2013–2017
Personal details
Born
Katrin Poleschner

(1983-11-20) 20 November 1983
Elchingen, Bavaria, Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyChristian Social Union of Bavaria
Spouse(s)Tobias Albsteiger
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://www.katrin-albsteiger.de/

Education and early career

Albsteiger studied political science at the University of Augsburg and the University of Adelaide between 2003 and 2008.

Following her graduation, Albsteiger worked at the CSU headquarters in Munich from 2009 until 2010, before moving on to a corporate communications role at German energy company E.ON. Between 2011 and 2013, she worked as a spokesperson for the Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm utility company (SWU).

Political career

Between the 2013 and the 2017 federal elections, Albsteiger served as member of the German Bundestag representing Bavaria.[1][2]

In parliament, Albsteiger served on the Committee on European Affairs and on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. She was her parliamentary group's rapporteur on youth unemployment and gender equality as well as on Greece, Cyprus and Austria.

Since 2021, Albsteiger has been serving as one of five deputy chairs of the CSU, under the leadership of chairman Markus Söder.[3]

Albsteiger was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[4]

Other activities

References
  1. "Profile at the German Bundestag website". German Bundestag. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  2. "Profile at the CSU website". Christian Social Union of Bavaria. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. Neuer CSU-Vorstand kommt zusammen: Präsenzsitzung in München Die Zeit.
  4. 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.



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