15 Facts About Melanie Huml

Melanie Huml is a German physician and politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria who has been serving as State Minister for European and International Affairs in the cabinet of Minister-President Markus Soder since 2021.

Melanie Huml has been a member of the Landtag of Bavaria since October 2003.

Melanie Huml served as State Secretary for the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Women from 2007 to 2008, and later served as State Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Health from 2008 to 2013.

Melanie Huml was born to Michael and Marianne Beck in 1975 in Bamberg, Bavaria.

Melanie Huml subsequently studied human medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Melanie Huml became a licensed doctor by graduation on 1 October 2004.

Melanie Huml has not completed any "Weiterbildung zum Facharzt" so far.

In 1993, Melanie Huml began her political career as a member of the Young Union, the youth organization of the CSU and its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union, and served as a member of the State Committee of the Bavarian Youth Union from 2003 to 2001.

Melanie Huml joined the CSU in 2001 and has been a member of the district board of Upper Franconia since 2003.

In October 2007, Melanie Huml was appointed by Minister-President Gunther Beckstein as Secretary of State for the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Women in his Cabinet.

Melanie Huml has represented the constituency of Bamberg City in the Landtag since 2008 as a result of that year's state election.

Since 2017, Melanie Huml has been serving as one of five deputy chairs of the CSU, under the leadership of chairmen Horst Seehofer and Markus Soder.

Melanie Huml was a CSU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2004 and 2009.

Melanie Huml is a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the French Senate, the German-Russian Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Russian Federation Council, and the German-Polish Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Senate of Poland.

Melanie Huml has been married to attorney Markus Melanie Huml since May 2005 and is the mother of two sons, born in 2012 and 2015, respectively.