Diana Kinnert

Diana Kinnert (born February 16, 1991) is a German political writer.

Early life and education Kinnert was born on February 16, 1991, in Wuppertal. She studied social sciences at the University of Cologne and the Free University of Berlin, and she graduated with a social science degree from the University of Göttingen in 2013.

Career In 2008 or 2009,

In 2017, Kinnert published the book Für die Zukunft seh' ich schwarz: Plädoyer für einen modernen Konservatismus (I see black for the future: A plea for modern conservatism), the title of which is a reference to the CDU's official party color, as well as her belief that party reform was needed within the CDU. The book was published by Rowohlt Verlag. In 2019, Paul Ziemiak appointed Kinnert as a member of the Federal Committee on Social Cohesion. Kinnert apologized, Hoffmann und Campe withdrew the 2021 book.

Until the plagiarism scandal, Kinnert was a frequent media commentator on German public policy, the future of party politics and particularly conservatism in Germany, and the internal culture of the CDU.