Silke Launert  Silke Launert (born 27 December 1976) is a German judge and politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013. Launert first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2013 German federal election. She is a member of the Committee for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Launert was part of the working group on families, women, seniors and youth, led by Annette Widmann-Mauz, Angelika Niebler and Katarina Barley. In June 2017, Launert abstained from a parliamentary vote on Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.