Bettina Kudla
Bettina Kudla | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 27 September 2009 | |
Constituency | Leipzig I (2009, 2013) |
Personal details | |
Born | Munich, Germany | 20 July 1962
Citizenship | Germany |
Political party | Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) |
Alma mater | University of Munich |
Occupation | Politician and auditor |
Website | BettinaKudla.de |
Bettina Irene Kudla (born 20 July 1962) is a German politician. She has served as a Member of Federal Parliament for Leipzig from Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) since 27 September 2009. Bettina Kudla joined the Parliament with 33.3% of the vote at the 2009 election[1] and she was elected again with 40% of the vote at the 2013 election.[2]
Early life and career
Having studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Kudla worked as auditor and tax advisor with Deloitte in Munich and Halle (Saale) from 1988 until 2004.
Political career
In parliament, Kudla is a member of the Finance Committee and the Budget Committee’s Sub-Committee on European Union Affairs. On the Finance Committee, she is her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on all issues related to the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) and tax advisors.
When the Bundestag balloted a joint motion of CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens dealing the Armenian Genocide and other indigenous and Christian ethnic groups such as the Assyrians and the Ottoman Greeks in 1915,[3] Kudla was the only Bundestag member that voted against the motion.[4][5] In September 2016, she published two tweets which got much criticism for their language and content. Kudla finally deleted the tweets. One of them had critizised chancellor Merkel's migrant policy; the other had insulted Can Dündar.
Other activities
- Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Sparkassen Versicherung Holding AG Sachsen, Member of the Advisory Board
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Member
- Institute of Public Auditors in Germany (IDW), Member
Kudla is deputy chairwoman of the German-Cypriot Parliamentary Friendship group, member of the German-Russian Parliamentary Friendship Group and member of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.
External links
- Official website of Bettina Kudla
- Bettina Kudla on Facebook
- Bettina Kudla on Twitter
References
- ^ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 27 SEPTEMBER 2009" (in German). Adam-Carr.net. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 SEPTEMBER 2013" (in German). Adam-Carr.net. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ Bundestagsbeschluss vom 2. Juni 2016: „Erinnerung und Gedenken an den Völkermord an den Armeniern und anderen christlichen Minderheiten in den Jahren 1915 und 1916“
- ^ Diese Abgeordnete hat als Einzige gegen die Armenien-Resolution gestimmt
- ^ Beratung des Antrages zu Armenien (personal statement of Kudla)
- 1962 births
- 21st-century German politicians
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
- Female members of the Bundestag
- Members of the Bundestag for Saxony
- Living people
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
- People from Munich
- People from Leipzig (district)
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany politician stubs