Jamila Anna Schäfer (born 30 April 1993) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Munich South district. From 2018 to 2022 she served as one of her party's deputy chairs, under the leadership of Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck.
Early life Born to a physiotherapist and a computer scientist, Schäfer grew up in Munich’s Großhadern district. In October 2011, Schäfer joined the Green Youth, the youth organization of Alliance 90/The Greens, as part of protests against the eight-year high school system. In 2012 she started a law degree at LMU Munich, which she did not complete. Since 2013 she is studying sociology with a minor in philosophy at LMU Munich and Goethe University Frankfurt which she had not completed as of February 2022.Dominik Baur (26 October 2021), Grüne im Bundestag: Die Abgeordnete zum Pferdestehlen Die Tageszeitung.
Political career From 2015 to 2017, Schäfer served as chair of the Green Youth, the Green Party’s youth organisation.
From 2018 to 2022, Schäfer was part of the Green Party’s national leadership around co-chairs Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck,Ansgar Graw (29 January 2018), Zwei Realos sind keine Mehrheit Die Welt. where she coordinated the party’s activities on European and international affairs.Anna Hoben (22 August 2021), Jung, grün, hartnäckig Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Schäfer was elected Member of the Bundestag for Munich South in the 2021 German federal election, and was the only non-CSU member of the Bundestag from Bavaria elected in a constituency seat.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the elections, Schäfer was part of her party's delegation in the working group on European affairs, co-chaired by Udo Bullmann, Franziska Brantner and Nicola Beer.Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
In parliament, Schäfer has been serving on the Budget Committee (since 2021), the Committee on Foreign Affairs (since 2021) and the Subcommittee on the United Nations (since 2022).Jamila Schäfer Bundestag. On the Budget Committee, she is her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on the annual budget of the Federal Foreign Office. She is also a member of the so-called Confidential Committee (Vertrauensgremium) of the Budget Committee, which provides budgetary supervision for Germany's three intelligence services, BND, BfV and MAD.Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt Bundestag, press release of 17 February 2022.
Other activities Heinrich Böll Foundation, Member of the General AssemblyGeneral Assembly Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Political positions Within the Green Party, Schäfer is considered to be part of its left wing.Ansgar Graw (29 January 2018), Zwei Realos sind keine Mehrheit Die Welt. She is a vegetarian.Dominik Baur (26 October 2021), Grüne im Bundestag: Die Abgeordnete zum Pferdestehlen Die Tageszeitung.
Personal life Schäfer lives in Berlin’s Weissensee district.Dominik Baur (26 October 2021), Grüne im Bundestag: Die Abgeordnete zum Pferdestehlen Die Tageszeitung.
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