Zoe Mayer
Zoe Mayer | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
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| Born | 7 August 1995 |
| Party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | |
Zoe Mayer (born 7 August 1995) is a German engineer and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been a member of the Bundestag, the parliament of Germany, since the 2021 German federal election.[1] She was directly elected as member of parliament for Karlsruhe-Stadt.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Mayer graduated with a master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2019 and has since been working on a PhD thesis about climate protection in the building sector.[3] She completed her dissertation on 2 February 2023 during her time as a member of parliament.[4][5]
Political career
[edit]Career in local politics
[edit]Before being elected to the Bundestag,[1] Mayer served as head of her party's group in Karlsruhe city council, where she was first elected in 2014.[6]
Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present
[edit]In parliament, Mayer has been serving on the Committee on Food and Agriculture.
In addition to her committee assignments, Mayer has been one of the founding members of a cross-party group promoting a One Health approach since 2022.[7]
In February 2026, two weeks before the 2026 Baden-Württemberg state election, Zoe Mayer posted an outtake from a 2018 interview with a regional TV station on TikTok and Instagram featuring Manuel Hagel, then CDU secretary general and now candidate for Minister-President in the upcoming election and accused him for sexualizing underage girls in it.[8] The Greens candidate for the same election, Cem Özdemir defended Hagel and stated that Mayer did act on her own and not on behalf of the Green party.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Deutscher Bundestag - Zoe Mayer". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Bundestagswahl 2021: Wahlergebnis Karlsruhe-Stadt". Die Zeit. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Grünen-Kandidatin in Karlsruhe: Zoe Mayer für Klima- und Tierschutz". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 19 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Twittereintrag, 3. Februar 2023
- ^ Zoe Mayer (2023), Concepts and tools to improve the thermal energy performance of buildings and urban districts - diagnosis, assessment, improvement strategies and cost-benefit analyses, doi:10.5445/IR/1000158865, retrieved 24 February 2025
- ^ "In Karlsruhe setzt sich Grüne Zoe Mayer klar durch". Die Zeit. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Rudolph gründet Parlamentskreis mit Thüringer Allgemeine, 16 September 2022.
- ^ Susann Kreutzmann: "Die selbst inszenierte moralische Überlegenheit der Grünen hält der Realität nicht stand" NZZ, 25 February 2026.
- ^ Maren Haring : "Aussage über Schülerin: Kritik an Video-Ausschnitt von CDU-Spitzenkandidat Hagel" tagesschau.de, 25 February 2026.
- ^ "CDU-Kandidat wegen Spruch über Schülerin in der Kritik" dpa/Landtag-bw.de, 24 February 2026.
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