Emilia "Milla" Johanna Fester MdB (German pronunciation: [feːstɐ]; born 28 April 1998) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens[1] who has been serving as a Member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 federal election. She has been the youngest member of the German Bundestag before Emily Vontz assumed office.
Emilia Fester | |
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| Member of the Bundestag from Lower Saxony | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emilia Johanna Fester 28 April 1998 Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Residence(s) | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, Germany |
| Education | Churchill Academy and Sixth Form |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Official website |
Early life and education
editFester was born 28 April 1998 in Hildesheim, Germany to Florian Brandhorst and Andrea Fester. Her parents were both actors and her mother also co-led the Center for Theater Pedagogics in Hildesheim.[2][3]
She attended Robert-Bosch-Gesamtschule, a public school, graduating with her Abitur in 2017. Between 2014 and 2015, Fester completed an international student exchange, at Churchill Academy and Sixth Form in North Somerset, England.[4] In 2017, she moved to Hamburg, where she applied to Hochschule für Musik und Theater (English: University of Applied Sciences for Theater and Music), but she was not admitted.[5]
Career
editAfter not being admitted into college, Fester worked as an independent assistant director for the children and youth theater. Between 2018 and 2019 she worked as assistant director and stagehand at Deutsches Schauspielhaus.[6]
Politics
editAt age 23, Fester is the Baby of the House in the 20th Bundestag.[7][8] She held this title until Emily Vontz entered the Bundestag in January 2023 succeeding Heiko Maas.[9] She is her parliamentary group's spokesperson for youth issues.[10]
Personal life
editIn Berlin, Fester shares an apartment with fellow parliamentarians Marlene Schönberger and Saskia Weishaupt.[11] On September 23, 2022, Fester made public that she identifies as bisexual as the second member of the Bundestag, after Ricarda Lang.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Das ist die U-25-Fraktion im Bundestag". Spiegel Politik (in German). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ Böldt, Daniel (1 August 2022). "Grünen-Abgeordnete Emilia Fester: Politik der schnellen Schnitte". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Martina Prante: . In: . Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim 2 July 2015, S. 7 (robert-bosch-gesamtschule.de [PDF; 532 kB; retrieved 10 October 2021]). (in German)
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Emilia Fester". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Böldt, Daniel (1 August 2022). "Grünen-Abgeordnete Emilia Fester: Politik der schnellen Schnitte". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Emilia Fester". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Bundestag: Faces of the German parliament". Deutsche Welle. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Hamburgerin ist jüngste Abgeordnete im Bundestag". MOPO (in German). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ SR, Denise Friemann. "Heiko Maas geht, Emily Vontz kommt: Plötzlich Bundestag". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Sophie Garbe (12 May 2022), Abgeordnete Emilia Fester: »Letztendlich opfere ich auch meine eigene Jugend für diesen Job« Der Spiegel.
- ^ Sebastian Hahn (27 May 2022), "Tanzmariechen": Rechter Shitstorm nach Instagram-Video gegen Grüne Emilia Fester Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.
- ^ "Zweite Bundestagsabgeordnete outet sich als bisexuell". queer.de (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2023.