Marja-Liisa Völlers

Marja-Liisa Völlers (born 28 September 1984) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2017.[1]

Marja-Liisa Völlers
Marja-Liisa Völlers in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
23 November 2017
Preceded byCarola Reimann
Personal details
Born (1984-09-28) 28 September 1984
Bückeburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Alma materUniversity of Bielefeld

Political career

In the 2017 German federal election, Völlers stood in the SPD constituency of Nienburg II – Schaumburg. She lost to CDU candidate Maik Beermann.

Völlers became a member of the Bundestag in 2017 when she succeeded Carola Reimann who had resigned.[2] She is a member of the Committee on Health and the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment,[3][4] where she serves as her parliamentary group's rapporteur on digitization and inclusion. Following the 2021 elections, she also joined the Defence Committee and the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany’s intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.[5]

Other activities

References
  1. "Marja-Liisa Völlers | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. "Marja-Liisa Völlers, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. "German Bundestag - Education, Research and Technology Assessment". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. Bundestag setzt Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ein Bundestag, 24 March 2022.
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