Ursula Männle

Ursula Männle
Henning Schlottmann, 2015

Ursula Männle (born 7 January 1944) is a German Social sciences academic and politician (CSU). She served between 1983 and 1994 as a member of the Bundestag (national parliament). More recently, between 2000 and 2013, she was a member of the Bavarian Landtag (regional parliament), chairing an important parliamentary committee and, till 2009, chairing the women's working group in the Landtag.[1][2][3]

Biography

Provenance and early years

Ursula Käthe Männle was born into a Catholic family in Ludwigshafen which till 1946 was still part of Bavaria's western province. In 1949 her family moved to Munich which meant a "return" to Bavaria: it is in Bavaria that she grew up and has built her academic and political career.[4][5]

In 1964 she graduated from senior school and moved on to study Political sciences, Sociology and modern history at the Universities of Munich and, subsequently, Regensburg.[5] Between 1970 and 1976 she was employed as a research assistant at the Academy for Political Education and Training ("Akademie für Politische Bildung"), on the western shore of the Starnberger See, roughly equidistant between Munich and Garmisch.[6]

In 1976 she joined the Katholische Stiftungshochschule (loosely, "Catholic Foundation [Social Science and Welfare] Academy") as a professor at the Benediktbeuern site. She remained professionally involved with the academy till 2009.[7]

Politics

Ursula Männle became a member of the centre-right CSU (Bavarian political party) in 1964.[8] During 1966/67 she served as regional president of the Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten ("Association of Christian Democratic Students" / RCDS).[1][9] Between 1973 and 1977 Männle was deputy chair of the "Junge Union" (JU), the youth wing of West Germany's centre-right CDU and CSU parties.[8] Then, between 1981 and 1991, she was regional chair of the CSU's Women's Union.[8]

In 1973 she became a member of the CSU regional executive, serving between 1987 and 2007 as a member of the party presidium.[10]

She first stood as a candidate for election to the Bundestag (national parliament) in 1972, but she was included only at place 30 on the party list, and was not elected.[5] On 4 October 1979 she became a member of the Bundestag (national parliament),[11] taking the seat vacated through the sudden death, two days earlier, of her party colleague Heinrich Reichold. In the parliament, families policy became a particular focus for her interests.[5] She was not re-elected in 1980, but for a second time inherited the seat vacated by a colleague. On 17 March 1983 she took over the seat that had been made available through the resignation (resulting from disagreement over the party's attitude to the legacy of the Holocaust) of Eicke Götz.[12] This time she remained a Bundestag member without further interruption till 1994. Between 1986 and 1994 she chaired the assembly's CDU/CSU women's group.[13]

Between 1994 and 1998 Männle served as the appointed Bavarian government's Minister of State ("Staatsministerin") for Federal Affairs (... "für Bundesangelegenheiten").[1]

Between 2000 and 2013 Ursula Männle represented the Starnberg electoral district[14] as a deputy in the Bavarian Landtag (regional parliament).[1][15] During this time she was chair of the Landtag committee on Federal and European Affairs and a member of the Committee on Religion.[1] She was a member of the leadership team (Vorstandsmitglied) of the CSU group in the assembly.[16] Till 14 January 2009 she chaired the women's working group in the Landtag.[1] Also, between 2016 and 2018, she represented the CSU on the 28 member executive of the Europäische Bewegung Deutschland (political network organisation).[17]

Continuing political involvement

In May 2014 Männle succeeded Hans Zehetmair as chair of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, a political research organisation closely aligned with the CSU, created in 1966 as a distinctively Bavarian version of the older Konrad Adenauer Foundation. It was reported that she been had proposed for the post by the party leader Horst Seehofer. Having served as deputy chair for twenty years, she was something of an insider candidate. Nevertheless, she was the first woman in the foundation's history ever to take on the top position.[2][18] Her re-election for a further term was reported in August 2018.[19] However, at the end of March 2019, press reports emerged of a planned radical shake-up of the foundation, reflective of a power-shift to a younger generation, and intended to appeal to younger voters, which would involve Männle stepping down, to be replaced as chair by her deputy, Markus Ferber.[20][21]


Publications (selection)

  • Kleine Fibel für die politische Praxis. Beck, München 1974, ISBN 3-406-05409-9, with Eckard Colberg.
  • Zur Geschäftsordnung: Die Praxis der Willensbildung. Bayerische Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit, 1977 (4th edition).
  • Die gestaltende Rolle der Frau im 21. Jahrhundert. hss, 1999, ISBN 3-88795-194-8.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Prof. Ursula Männle Staatsministerin a.D." (PDF). Kurzbiographie. Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V., München. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Ursula Männle wird Chefin". Die Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung soll erstmals in ihrer Geschichte von einer Frau geführt werden. Nach Informationen des Münchner Merkur schlug CSU-Chef Horst Seehofer die frühere Ministerin für den Posten vor. Bayerischer Rundfunk, München. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Prof. Ursula Männle". CSU, München. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Zur Person: Ursula Männle". Kreis Südliche Weinstrasse. RHEINPFALZ Verlag und Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ursula Männle". deutsche Politikerin (Bayern); Staatsministerin (1994–1998); CSU; Prof. Munzinger-Archiv GmbH, Ravensburg. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ Steffen H. Elsner (24 April 2012). "Akademie für Politische Bildung". Historisches Lexikon Bayerns. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Prof. Ursula Männle" (PDF). Biography .... Minister of State (ret.) Chairwoman of the Hanns Seidel Foundation. Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V., München. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Männle, Prof. Ursula". Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte, Augsburg. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  9. ^ Leopold Zaak (20 December 2017). "Studenten werden wieder politischer". Der konservative RCDS feiert sein 50-jähriges Bestehen als Hochschul-Organisation. Er setzt heute auf pragmatische Ziele. Mittelbayerischer Verlag KG, Regensburg. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Prof. Ursula Männle, MdL a.D. .... Lebenslauf". Landesvorstand .... Landesvisitzende. Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V. (Frauen-Union), München. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  11. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (15 June 2011). Gewählte Landeslistenbewerber. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-096905-4. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  12. ^ Conrad Taler, "Leugnen – nein, aber …", Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte , Berlin, Ossietzky Verlag GmbH, Dähre, retrieved 13 April 2019
  13. ^ "Prof. Ursula Männle: Politologin, Professorin, Staatsministerin a.D." Biografien: Menschen aus Bayern. Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte, Augsburg. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  14. ^ "CSU schickt wieder eine Dame". Landtagswahl 2013 .... Starnberg/Andechs – Die Würfel sind gefallen: Die CSU schickt Dr. Ute Eiling-Hüting aus Feldafing ins Rennen um das Direktmandat im Landtag. Bei der Nominierungsversammlung am Samstag in Andechs gab es die erwartet knappe Entscheidung. Münchener Zeitungs-Verlag GmbH & Co.KG, München. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  15. ^ Thomas Reiner (23 January 2019). "Interview mit Ursula Männle: Mehr Frauen in die Politik!". Nach der Landtagswahl in Bayern ist der Anteil weiblicher Abgeordneter auf den tiefsten Stand seit 20 Jahren gefallen, auf nur noch knapp 27 Prozent. Im Interview äußert sich Ursula Männle, Vorsitzende der Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, zu den möglichen Ursachen und den Herausforderungen für Frauen in der Politik. Münchener Zeitungs-Verlag GmbH & Co.KG, München. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Auftrag Politische Bildung .... Prof. Ursula Männle". Junge Menschen und Interesse an Politik? Das ist heutzutage alles andere als selbstverständlich, sagt die Vorsitzende der Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Prof. Ursula Männle. Wie schafft es die Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, junge Menschen für Politik und gesellschaftliches Engagement zu begeistern?. Herzkammer Magazin der CSU-Fraktion im Bayerischen Landtag & Weimer Media Group GmbH. (The European Magazine), München. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Weißer Rauch für 28 Mitglieder im EBD-Vorstand". Europäische Bewegung Deutschland e.V., Berlin. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Leitung: Prof. Ursula Männle". Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung e.V., München. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Wiedergewählt: Prof. Ursula Männle bleibt Vorsitzende der Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung". Wochenanzeiger Medien GmbH, München. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Bericht: Söder baut Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung um". Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, München. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Nachfolger für Ursula Männle". Generationswechsel .... Markus Ferber wird neuer Chef der CSU-nahen Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung. Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, München. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.