Alexandra Mehnert

Alexandra Mehnert (born 1974) is a German politician as a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) party. She was elected a member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European elections.

Early life and education

Mehnert was born on 6 August 1974 in Magdeburg in the former German Democratic Republic. Magdeburg is now the capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. She graduated from high school in Magdeburg in 1993 and then studied political science, sociology and education at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. She received a scholarship to do this from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which is associated with, but independent from, the CDU. In 1998 she received a Master of Arts degree.

Career

Since obtaining her master's degree she has worked for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in various positions. From 1998 she was head of the Schloss Wendgräben Vocational School. She then became the head of the Europe Direct Information Centre in Magdeburg, run by the same foundation, and briefly worked at the Erfurt Vocational School as a parental leave replacement. Until her election to the European Parliament, she was head of the Saxony-Anhalt Political Education Forum, which is also supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.