Bettina Wiesmann

Bettina Margarethe Wiesmann (born 20 October 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Born in Berlin, she has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse from 2017 to 2021 and again since 2024.

Political career
Wiesmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

In 2022, Wiesmann unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the CDU’s national board.

Political positions
In 2019, Wiesmann joined 14 members of her parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Angela Merkel and party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.