Yvonne Magwas

Still during her studies, Magwas started up a company matching applicants with relevant internships as well as carrying out investigations in the field of human resources and organizational development.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Magwas co-chaired – alongside Silvia Breher, Tobias Hans, Hendrik Hoppenstedt and Paul Ziemiak – the CDU’s first ever digital national convention in 2021.

[4] Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Magwas publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.

[7] In 2019, she joined 14 members of her parliamentary group who, in an open letter, called for the party to rally around Merkel and Kramp-Karrenbauer amid criticism voiced by conservatives Friedrich Merz and Roland Koch.

[8] In 2020, Magwas was one of the driving forces behind plans to introduce a mandatory quota aimed at achieving equal representation of women within the CDU’s regional and national governing bodies by 2025.