Melanie Huml
German politician
Melanie Huml (née Beck; born 9 September 1975) is a German physician and politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as State Minister for European and International Affairs in the cabinet of Minister-President Markus Söder since 2021. She has been a member of the Landtag of Bavaria since October 2003.
Prior to her current role in Bavaria's state government, Huml served as State Minister for Health and Nursing in the cabinets of successive Minister-Presidents Horst Seehofer (2013-2018) and Söder (2018–2021). She also served as State Secretary for the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Women from 2007 to 2008, and later served as State Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Health from 2008 to 2013.
Early life
Huml was born to Michael and Marianne Beck in 1975 in Bamberg, Bavaria. After completing primary school in Hallstadt, she attended Kaiser-Heinrich-Gymnasium Bamberg (KHG) until graduating in 1995. She subsequently studied human medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Huml became a licensed doctor by graduation on 1 October 2004. She has not completed any "Weiterbildung zum Facharzt" (German medical specialty training after medical school) so far.
Political career
Career in state politics
In 1993, Huml began her political career as a member of the Young Union (JU), the youth organization of the CSU and its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union, and served as a member of the State Committee of the Bavarian Youth Union from 2003 to 2001.
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