Johanna Uekermann
| Johanna Uekermann | |
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| Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Bavaria | |
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Assumed office 20 May 2017 |
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| Leader | Natascha Kohnen |
| Preceded by | Annette Karl |
| Leader of the Young Socialists | |
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In office 6 December 2013 – November 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Sascha Vogt |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Kühnert |
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18 September 1987 Straubing, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | SPD |
Johanna Uekermann (born 18 September 1987 in Straubing) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From December 2013 to November 2017, she has been chairwoman of the Young Socialists in the SPD (Jusos) and since May 2017 she has been the Deputy Leader of the SPD Bayern.
She was born in 1987 in the Bavarian city of Straubing. She is the daughter of two social-democratic teachers and grew up near Mitterfels.
Uekermann joined Jusos when she was 14 years old. In 2009, she was elected as vice-chairwoman of the Bavarian Jusos, and in 2011 as vice-chairwoman of the German Jusos. In 2013, she ran for the Bundestag elections and reached 17.6 percent of the vote in the electoral district of Straubing against the CSU candidate Alois Rainer. At the German congress of the Jusos on 6 December 2013 in Nuremberg, she was elected as chairwoman of the German Jusos with 207 of 296 votes. In the local elections on 16 March 2014, she was elected into the district council of Straubing-Bogen. In 2015, she was re-elected as chairwoman of the Jusos for two more years with 72.3 percent of the vote.
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