Merle Spellerberg

German politician

Merle Spellerberg
Spellerberg in 2021

Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2021

Personal details
Born	(1996-11-13) 13 November 1996 (age 27) Höxter, Germany
Political party	Alliance 90/The Greens

Merle Spellerberg (born 13 November 1996) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens^[1] who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election, representing the Dresden II – Bautzen II district.^[2]^[3]

Early life and education

Spellerberg attended the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Höxter, where she received her Abitur in 2016.^[4] She studied at the TU Dresden.^[4]

Political career

In parliament, Spellerberg has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Defence Committee and the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.^[5]

In addition to her committee assignments, Spellerberg has been an alternate member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022. In the Assembly, she serves on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and the Sub-Committee on Gender Equality.^[6] She has also been a member of the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where she is part of the Defence and Security Committee and the Political Committee.^[7]

Other activities

Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2022)^[8]

References

^ "Merle Spellerberg". Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Merle Spellerberg". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ "Das ist die U-25-Fraktion im Bundestag". Spiegel Politik (in German). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Merle Spellerberg will in den Bundestag". Westfalen-Blatt (in German). 28 April 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ Merle Spellerberg Bundestag.
^ Merle Spellerberg Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
^ Merle Spellerberg NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
^ Advisory Board, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS).