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Verena Hubertz

Verena Hubertz
MdB
Member of the Bundestag for Trier
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byAndreas Steier
Personal details
Born (1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 (age 37)
Trier, West Germany
Political partySPD
Alma materTrier University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor)
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (MSc)
Occupationpolitician
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Verena Ute Hubertz (born 26 November 1987) is a German entrepreneur and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021.[1]

Early life and education

Hubertz was born in Trier in 1987 as the daughter of a locksmith and a parish expert worker. She grew up in Konz and Lampaden.[2] After graduating from high school, she studied business administration at Trier University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor) and at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar (MSc). She gained her first professional experience at the Lebenshilfe-Werke Trier, Vodafone, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Commerzbank.[1]

Business career

After successfully completing her studies, she went to Berlin to work with a fellow student to found the startup Kitchen Stories, a video-based cooking platform with over 20 million users and 60 employees.[3] In 2017, BSH became the majority owner of Kitchen Stories.[4] At the end of 2020, she gave up her position as managing director to run for the Bundestag in her home constituency.[3]

Political career

Hubertz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. She won the direct mandate in the constituency of Trier with a 5.3% lead over incumbent Andreas Steier.[5] She has since been serving as one her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of chairman Rolf Mützenich.[6][7]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2022)[8]

Non-profit organizations

  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[9]
  • German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Deutscher Bundestag - Abgeordnete". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Über mich und meine wichtigsten Stationen". Verena Hubertz (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Verena Hubertz – SPD Trier" (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ Voß, Oliver (22 November 2017). "Bosch-Tochter kauft Berliner Koch-App". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Results Trier - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. ^ Pressemitteilung: Wahl des Geschäftsführenden Vorstandes SPD Parliamentary Group, press release of 9 December 2021.
  7. ^ Seydewitz, Rolf (9 December 2021). "Konzer Genossin macht im Bundestag Karriere: Verena Hubertz soll SPD-Fraktionsvize werden". Trierischer Volksfreund.
  8. ^ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.
  9. ^ Political Advisory Board Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
  10. ^ Political Advisory Board German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW).
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