Olga Gauks

Olga Gauks
Olga Gauks in 2023
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Incumbent
Assumed office
2023
Personal details
Born1987 (age 37–38)
Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (then Soviet union)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union

Olga Gauks (born 1987 in Alma-Ata) is a German politician from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). She has been a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin since 2023.

Life

Gauks was born in Alma-Ata, the then capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Almaty, Kazakhstan), and grew up in the Harz Mountains from the age of twelve.[1] She is a German teacher by profession. She is a German repatriate, married, has three children, and lives in Berlin in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Philology for teaching German from the Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages "Ablay Khan" in 2009. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from the Almaty Management University in 2016.[2]

Politics

Gauks is a member of the CDU. She ran for the Berlin House of Representatives in the 2021 Berlin state election in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf 2 constituency, but failed to secure a seat. In the 2023 Berlin state election, she won the direct mandate in the Marzahn-Hellersdorf 2 constituency. She is the first Russian-German to serve in the Berlin state parliament.[1]

Since 25 April 2023, Gauks has operated a joint Wahlkreisbüro in Marzahn-Mitte with Bundestag member Mario Czaja.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Marina Mai (2023-03-15). "Wahlerfolg der CDU in Berlin: Im Osten mit Multikulti erfolgreich". taz.de. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  2. ^ "Eintrag im Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin". Eintrag im Abgeordnetenverzeichnis des AGH Berlin (in German). Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin. 2023-03-16. Archived from the original on 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  3. ^ "Neues Kiezmacher-Büro in Marzahn-Mitte eröffnet". mario-czaja.de. 2023-04-26. Archived from the original on 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2023-04-26.

See also

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