CSU chose Weisgerber to be the party list's number 3 for the 2009 European elections, following Markus Ferber and Angelika Niebler. Member of the Bundestag, 2013-present Weisgerber has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 federal election, when she succeeded Michael Glos as representative of the Schweinfurt/Kitzingen electoral district. She has since been serving on the committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and on the Sub-Committee on European Law. On the committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, she serves as her parliamentary group's spokeswoman and as rapporteur on urban development funding and on climate change. In the latter capacity, she participated in the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. In addition to her committee assignments, Weisgerber is a member of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-US Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group. She has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022. In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Weisgerber was part of the working group on urban development, led by Bernd Althusmann, Kurt Gribl and Natascha Kohnen. In 2019, she was appointed by the leaders of CDU and CSU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Markus Söder, to the parties’ ad hoc steering group on climate policy. Since the 2021 elections, Weisgerber has been serving as her parliamentary group's spokesperson for environmental policy. Other activities Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2017) Federal Foundation of Baukultur, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2013) Donum Vitae Foundation for Bavaria, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2015) Political positions In June 2017, Weisgerber voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage. Recognition Medal for Extraordinary Merits for Bavaria in a United Europe (2008) Personal life Weisgerber is a former Bavarian tennis champion. She is married to Carsten Deibel, a physicist at the Chemnitz University of Technology. References External links 1976 births Living people University of Würzburg alumni Christian Social Union in Bavaria MEPs MEPs for Germany 2004–2009 MEPs for Germany 2009–2014 21st-century women MEPs for Germany German women lawyers Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German lawyers Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 People from