1. Ursula Groden-Kranich was born on 24 May 1965 and is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 to 2021, representing the constituency of Mainz.
13 Facts About Ursula Groden-Kranich
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Ursula Groden-Kranich is a member of Mainz City Council and was the local representative for Mainz-Hechtsheim between 2004 and 2014.
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Ursula Groden-Kranich has continued to work for them as an investment advisor from 1989 until 2014.
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Ursula Groden-Kranich is the honorary vice chairman of the German Red Cross in the Mainz-Bingen district, as well as being the chairman in the local branch of Mainz-Hechtsheim.
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Ursula Groden-Kranich sits at the head of the support group for the St Pankratius Church in her locality.
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Ursula Groden-Kranich joined the Young Union of Germany, the youth branch of the CDU and CSU, in 1982 and later worked on the board of the CDU in Hechtsheim.
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Ursula Groden-Kranich was a member of the federal committee for Kommunalpolitischen Vereinigung of the party.
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In 1994 Ursula Groden-Kranich was elected to the local council in Hechtsheim and subsequently joined the city council in 1999.
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In 2004 Ursula Groden-Kranich was elected to be the local representative for Mainz-Hechtsheim and was reelected in 2009.
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Ursula Groden-Kranich decided to succeed Ute Granold and stand as the CDU candidate for the Mainz constituency in the 2013 general election.
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In parliament, Ursula Groden-Kranich first served on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2013 until 2017; during that time, she was her parliamentary group's rapporteur on European affairs, equal pay, adoption, social integration and citizenship.
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On July 17,2015, Ursula Groden-Kranich voted against her party's line and rejected the Merkel government's proposal to negotiate a third bailout for Greece.
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Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election in 2018, Ursula Groden-Kranich publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.