Judith Gerlach

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Judith Gerlach (2020)

Judith Gerlach (born November 3, 1985 in Würzburg ) is a German politician ( CSU ) and since November 12, 2018 Bavarian State Minister for Digital .

Career

Gerlach is the granddaughter of the CSU politician Paul Gerlach . She studied law and passed the first state examination with distinction in 2010. After her legal clerkship in Würzburg, she passed the second state examination in 2013 and then worked as a freelance lawyer in Aschaffenburg.

She is the deputy district chairwoman of the Junge Union Aschaffenburg and a member of the local executive committee of the CSU in the Schweinheim district of Aschaffenburg . In the 2013 state elections , she entered the Bavarian state parliament via the list in the Lower Franconia constituency . At the constituent session of the 17th Bavarian State Parliament on October 7, 2013, she was secretary together with Katharina Schulze (B'90 / Greens) as one of the two youngest MPs.

In the state elections in 2018 , she received the direct mandate for the constituency Aschaffenburg-Ost with 40.2% .

Gerlach is a Roman Catholic denomination.

Furthermore, Gerlach is the mother of two children.

Political positions

digitalization

In an interview immediately after her appointment as digital minister, Judith Gerlach gave this open answer to the question of how she stood on the subject of "digitization": "Yes, digitization is certainly not my specialty now, but an absolute future topic." A little later she said in conversation with inFranken.de : “There are many examples of successful cabinet members who were given responsibility for completely new subject areas. I am a digital native and a lawyer . This makes it easy for me to familiarize myself quickly and competently with new and complex topics. "

When asked about her political priorities, Judith Gerlach stated that she primarily sees the opportunities of digitization . In addition to the accelerated expansion of the infrastructure and digital education, her main aim is to continue researching and developing digital technologies in Bavaria, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence . Other important points are the digitization of administration, as well as ethical and social issues of digital transformation . The digital ministry sees them as the digital think tank of the Bavarian state government . However, it should also be a point of contact for citizens who are affected by digitization.

In December 2018, Judith Gerlach and Dorothee Bär , Minister of State for Digitization in the Federal Chancellery , presented the BayFiD initiative (Bavaria's Women in Digital Professions), which aims to inspire girls and young women for technical professions. Also start-up -Gründerinnen are promoted by BayFiD. Shortly after massive hacker attacks on politicians and celebrities became known in early January 2019 , Gerlach proposed a package of measures to the Bavarian Council of Ministers . Above all, it would like to point out the dangers in the network and offer a password check. In addition, they say an emergency hotline is to be set up that those affected can use free of charge in an emergency.

Web links

Commons : Judith Gerlach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katja Helmö: Constituent meeting of the 17th Bavarian State Parliament on October 7, 2013. Bavarian State Parliament, September 24, 2013, accessed on February 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ District 601: Aschaffenburg-Ost. In: Wahl.info. Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Gerlach, Judith. Bavarian State Parliament, accessed on November 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Maximilian Sippenauer: Bavaria's new digital ministry: Why we digital minister Judith Gerlach can't really celebrate. In: BR.de. November 14, 2018, accessed November 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Natalie Schalk: Digital Minister Gerlach expresses herself in an interview with inFranken.de about the mockery on the net. In: infranken.de. November 16, 2018, accessed February 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Thomas Röll: Gerlach advertises digital female power. December 22, 2018, accessed February 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Dirndl and digitization. December 18, 2018, accessed February 17, 2019 .
  8. ^ Report from the cabinet meeting on January 8, 2019. In: Bayerisches Landesportal. January 8, 2019, accessed February 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gerlach, Judith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CSU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg