Verena Hubertz

Hubertz was born in Trier in 1987 as the daughter of a locksmith and a parish expert worker. She grew up in Konz and Lampaden.{{Cite web|title=Über mich und meine wichtigsten Stationen|url=https://verena-hubertz.de/ueber-mich-und-meine-wichtigsten-stationen/|access-date=2021-09-29|website=Verena Hubertz|language=de-DE}} After graduating from high school, she studied business administration at Trier University of Applied Sciences (Bachelor) and at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar (MSc). She gained her first professional experience at the Lebenshilfe-Werke Trier, Vodafone, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Commerzbank.

After successfully completing her studies, she went to Berlin to work with a fellow student to found the startup Kitchen Stories, a video-based cooking platform with over 20 million users and 60 employees.{{Cite web|title=Verena Hubertz – SPD Trier|url=https://spdtrier.de/person/verena-hubertz/|access-date=2021-09-29|language=de-DE}} In 2017, BSH became the majority owner of Kitchen Stories.{{Cite news|last=Voß|first=Oliver|date=2017-11-22|title=Bosch-Tochter kauft Berliner Koch-App|language=de-DE|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/kitchen-stories-bosch-tochter-kauft-berliner-koch-app/20619974.html|access-date=2021-09-29|issn=1865-2263}} At the end of 2020, she gave up her position as managing director to run for the Bundestag in her home constituency.

Hubertz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. She won the direct mandate in the constituency of Trier with a 5.3% lead over incumbent Andreas Steier.{{Cite web|title=Results Trier - The Federal Returning Officer|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-7/wahlkreis-203.html|access-date=2021-09-29|website=www.bundeswahlleiter.de}} She has since been serving as one her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of chairman Rolf Mützenich.[https://www.spdfraktion.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/wahl-geschaeftsfuehrenden-vorstandes-0 Pressemitteilung: Wahl des Geschäftsführenden Vorstandes] SPD Parliamentary Group, press release of 9 December 2021.{{cite web | first=Rolf | last=Seydewitz | date=9 December 2021 | url=https://www.volksfreund.de/region/spd-verena-hubertz-aus-konz-soll-fraktionsvize-im-bundestag-werden_aid-64509771 | title=Konzer Genossin macht im Bundestag Karriere: Verena Hubertz soll SPD-Fraktionsvize werden | work=Trierischer Volksfreund}}

In the federal election on 23 February 2025, Verena Hubertz narrowly lost to Dominik Sienkiewicz, the CDU's direct candidate in the Trier constituency, with 0.5% fewer first votes. However, thanks to her security on the state list, Hubertz retained her Bundestag mandate.{{Cite web |last=Aktuell |first=S. W. R. |date=2025-02-24 |title=Bundestagswahl 2025: So hat die Region Trier gewählt |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/trier/bundestagswahl-2025-so-hat-die-region-trier-gewaehlt-100.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=SWR Aktuell |language=de}} However, as a result of the 2023 electoral reform, Sienkiewicz was not elected to the Bundestag due to a lack of second vote coverage.{{Cite web |last=Aktuell |first=S. W. R. |date=2025-02-24 |title=Abgeordnete aus RLP: Drei CDU-Wahlkreisgewinner erhalten kein Direktmandat |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/bundestagswahl/gewaehlte-abgeordnete-aus-rlp-direktmandate-wahlkreisgewinner-cdu-nicht-im-bundestag-100.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=SWR Aktuell |language=de}}

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, Hubertz was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on economic affairs, industry and tourism, led by Jens Spahn, Hansjörg Durz and Alexander Schweitzer.Eckart Lohse, Mona Jaeger and Matthias Wyssuwa (13 March 2025), [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/koalitionsverhandlungen-wer-entwirft-den-fahrplan-fuer-deutschlands-zukunft-110354715.html Koalitionsverhandlungen: Jetzt ist die Zeit der Unterhändler] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. After the election she joined the Merz cabinet as Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building.{{Cite web |last=BauNetz |date=2025-05-05 |title=Junges Gesicht für die Baupolitik - Verena Hubertz wird neue Bundesbauministerin |url=https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Verena_Hubertz_wird_neue_Bundesbauministerin_9912157.html |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=BauNetz |language=de}}

• KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2022)[https://www.kfw.de/About-KfW/Arbeitsweise-und-Unternehmensf%C3%BChrung/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BCsse/ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees] KfW.

• Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/das-wirtschaftsforum/politischer-beirat/ Political Advisory Board] Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
• German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[https://www.bvmw.de/ueber-uns/gremien/politischer-beirat/ Political Advisory Board] German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW).

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