Catarina dos Santos-Wintz
Catarina dos Santos-Wintz | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Aachen II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber 8 July 1994 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Citizenship |
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| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (since 2014) |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
Catarina dos Santos-Wintz (born dos Santos Firnhaber; 8 July 1994) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber was born in Lisbon in 1994, daughter of a Portuguese mother and a German father. She grew up in Eschweiler. She worked as a lawyer at a law firm in Meerbusch.
Political career
[edit]Dos Santos joined the CDU in 2014.[2]
Dos Santos became member of the Bundestag in the 2021 elections, representing the Aachen II district.[3] In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Digital Affairs.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Dos Santos is part of the German-Portuguese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.[5] She has also been a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022.[6] In the Assembly, she serves on the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons.[7]
Other activities
[edit]- Aachener Straßenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG (ASEAG), Member of the Advisory Board[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "12 Fragen an Catarina dos Santos". CDU Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ Lisanne Dehnbostel, Francesco Giammarco, Alard von Kittlitz, Christian Parth, Florentin Schumacher, Greta Taubert and Carolin Würfel (20 January 2021), CDU-Parteitag: Wie war die Stimmung im Saal? Die Zeit.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber".
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber".
- ^ Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Bundestag.
- ^ Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
- ^ Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Catarina dos Santos Firnhaber".
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