Ronja Endres (born 1986) is a German politician of the SPD of Bavaria. She has been chairwoman of the Bavarian SPD since 24 April 2021 in a dual leadership with Florian von Brunn.[1]

Ronja Endres in 2023

Early life

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Endres was born in Starnberg and grew up in Penzberg. She completed an apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant and, with the support of the Hans-Böckler-Foundation, obtained her Abitur on the second educational path. After studying international relations and management at the OTH Regensburg, the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and spending time abroad in the US, Belgium, Pakistan and Estonia, she worked as a political consultant in Berlin and Munich.

She lives in Regensburg.[1]

Political career

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Endres has been a member of the SPD since 2008.[1] Since 2017 she has been a member of the AfA (working group for work in the SPD) state board of Bavaria and since 2018 a member of the federal board; since 2019 she has been chairwoman of AfA Bayern.[1] Since 2019 she has also been an advisory voice on the state executive board of the Bavarian SPD and a member of the AsF (working group of social democratic women) Regensburg.[1]

On 24 April 2021, the dual leadership of Endres and Florian von Brunn were elected at the state party conference of the Bavarian SPD.[2]

In December 2021 she was elected to the SPD party executive.

Endres was a member of the 17th Federal Assembly.[3]

For the 2023 Bavarian state election, Endres had applied within the party for the state parliament mandate for the Regensburg-Land and Regensburg-Stadt constituencies. In both cases, Endres withdrew her candidacy due to increased internal competition.[4][5][6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Über mich – Ronja Endres" (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. ^ "Doppelspitze der BayernSPD". Ronja-Endres.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. ^ Volker Müller. "Deutscher Bundestag – Von den Landesparlamenten entsandte Mitglieder der Bundesversammlung,..." (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  4. ^ Franz Nopper (2022-09-22). "Spannung in der Kreis-SPD: Wird Ronja Endres im Kreis Regensburg eine Kandidatur anstreben?". idowa.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  5. ^ Christine Schröpf (15 June 2022). "Kampf um Oberpfälzer SPD-Mandate: Nach Margit Wild jetzt auch Landeschefin Ronja Endres am Start". mittelbayerische.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  6. ^ Christine Schröpf (15 October 2022). "Auf diese Köpfe setzt die Oberpfalz-SPD für Landtag und Bezirkstag". mittelbayerische.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  7. ^ Udo Fürst (2022-10-16). "Aussichtsreiche Plätze für die Kandidatinnen des SPD-Unterbezirks Weiden-Tirschenreuth". OberpfalzECHO (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-24.