Marja-Liisa Völlers (born 28 September 1984) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2017.
Political career In the 2017 German federal election, Völlers stood in the SPD constituency of Nienburg II – Schaumburg. She lost to CDU candidate Maik Beermann.
Völlers became a member of the Bundestag in 2017 when she succeeded Carola Reimann who had resigned. She is a member of the Committee on Health and the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment, where she serves as her parliamentary group's rapporteur on digitization and inclusion. Following the 2021 elections, she also joined the Defence Committee.
From 2021 to 2025, Völlers was part of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.Bundestag setzt Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ein Bundestag, 24 March 2022.Jana Wolf (26 June 2025), Kontrolle der Geheimdienste: Neu besetzt und stark verkleinert – Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ist gewählt Rheinische Post.
In addition to her committee assignments, Völlers has been a member of the German delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly since 2022, where she is part of the Defence and Security Committee.Marja-Liisa Völlers NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Within her parliamentary group, Völlers has been serving as one of the two speakers of the Seeheim Circle (alongside Dirk Wiese) since 2022.Veit Medick and Christian Teevs (15 December 2022), Zulauf für konservativen Flügel: In der SPD kippt die Macht Der Spiegel.
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, Völlers was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense, development cooperation and human rights, led by Johann Wadephul, Florian Hahn and Svenja Schulze.Katharina Seiler (13 March 2025), Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD gestartet Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
Other activities Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member
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Bundestag biography