Julia Klöckner – alles Beste zum Geburtstag
Julia Klöckner (born 16 December 1972) is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union or CDU. She first became known in 1995 when she was chosen as the German Wine Queen (Deutsche Weinkönigin). From 2002 to 2011 she was a member of parliament in the German Bundestag and, from 2009 to February 2011, she was a parliamentary undersecretary in the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Since 25 September 2010 she has chaired the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU party[1] and, since March 2011, the CDU faction in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate, the state parliament. She is also leading candidate of the CDU in the 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state elections. Since 15 November 2010 she has been on the CDU’s national Präsidium (executive committee) and on 4 December 2012 she was elected as one of the Deputy Federal Chairmen and -women of the CDU. Recently, she has been mentioned by the media a possible successor to Angela Merkel, alongside Ursula von der Leyen.