Silvia Breher

Silvia Breher
Breher in 2025
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Assumed office
22 November 2019
LeaderAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Armin Laschet
Friedrich Merz
Preceded byUrsula von der Leyen
Member of the Bundestag
for Cloppenburg – Vechta
Assumed office
24 September 2017
Preceded byFranz-Josef Holzenkamp
Personal details
Born
Silvia Maria Lucke

(1973-07-23) 23 July 1973
Löningen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Children3
EducationOsnabrück University
Websitesilvia-breher.de

Silvia Maria Breher (née Lucke; born 23 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Cloppenburg – Vechta since the 2017 federal election.

In addition to her work in parliament, Breher has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.

Already since 2019, Breher has been serving as deputy chair of the CDU, under the leadership of successive chairs Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2019–2021), Armin Laschet (2021–2022) and Merz.