Mechthild Heil

Mechthild Heil studied at University of Kaiserslautern. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Positions recorded include member of the German Bundestag. Distinctions recorded are Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

• Name — Mechthild Heil • Office — Member of the Bundestag • Term Start — 2009 • Birth Name — Mechthild Rumpf • Born — 23 August 1961 • Birthplace — Andernach, West Germany (now Germany) • Party — CDU • Children — 3 • Alma Mater — University of Kaiserslautern

Heil first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election. She served on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs (2009-2010) and the Sports Committee (2009-2013) before moving to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection in 2013. In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2013 elections, Heil was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on the environment and agriculture, led by Katherina Reiche and Ute Vogt. In similar negotiations following the 2017 federal elections, she was part of the working group on internal and legal affairs, led by Thomas de Maizière, Stephan Mayer and Heiko Maas. From 2018 to 2021, she chaired the Committee on Building, Housing, Urban Development and Local Government. Since 2025, Heil has been serving as chairwoman of the German Parliament's Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.

In June 2017, Heil voted against her parliamentary group’s majority and in favor of Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.

Mechthild Heil is recorded as having received Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.