Born in 1955 in Lauf an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Mrs Mortler has a Master’s Degree in Rural Home Economics. She has been a Member of Nürnberger Land County Council since 1990. From 1996 to 2004, she was the First Deputy District Commissioner in Nürnberger Land. From 2009 to 2019, she was the Deputy Chairwoman of the Middle Franconia District Branch of the CSU. She has been a Member of the CSU Party Executive and Chairwoman of the Working Group on Food, Agriculture and Forestry of the CSU in Bavaria since 2011. From 1992 to 2012, she was the Chairwoman of the Middle Franconian Chapter of the Bavarian Farmers’ Association (BBV) and Member of the Executive Committee of the BBV. Between 1997 and 2012, she was the First Deputy Country Farmer of the Farmer Women Department within the BBV. Between 2002 and 2019, she was a Member of the German Bundestag (Parliament). Between 2006 and 2009, she was the Chairwoman of the Committee on Tourism in the German Bundestag. From 2014 to 2019, she was the Spokeswoman for Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag. From 2014 to 2019, she was the Federal Drugs’ Commissioner. MEP since 2019.