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Maria Klein-Schmeink | |
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,_MdB.jpg) Klein-Schmeink in 2014 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
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| Born | 6 January 1958 Hamminkeln, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Greens |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
Maria Anna Klein-Schmeink (born 6 January 1958) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2009.
Early life and career
Klein-Schmeink studied sociology at the University of Münster from 1977 to 1984 and graduated with a master's degree. While still a student, she began working as a volunteer for the Sozialpädagogisches Bildungswerk Münster (Sobi).
After completing her studies until 2002, Klein-Schmeink worked full-time in a leading position for the Sobi. From 1986 to 1988 she was involved in the establishment of the institution "cultur- und begegnungszentrum achtermannstraße" (c.u.b.a.). From 2002 until she moved to the German Bundestag in 2009, she worked as a legislative advisor to the Green Party's group in the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Political career
In parliament, Klein-Schmeink is a member of the Committee on Health. Since 2014 she has been serving as her parliamentary group's spokesperson on health policy. In 2020, she succeeded Katja Dörner as one her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of co-chairs Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter.
In addition to her committee assignments, Klein-Schmeink is part of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Klein-Schmeink led her party's delegation in the working group on health policy; her co-chairs from the other parties were Katja Pähle and Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Klein-Schmeink was part of her party’s delegation.
In March 2024, Klein-Schmeink announced that she would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
References
- ^ "Maria Klein-Schmeink | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "German Bundestag – Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Gremienbesetzungen Parliamentary Group of the Green Party, press release of 3 November 2020.
- ^ Stephanie Rohde (2 March 2016), Österreichs Flüchtlingsobergrenzen: „Warenverkehr wird sehr, sehr stark darunter leiden“ Deutschlandfunk.
- ^ Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
- ^ GRÜNE benennen Team für Koalitionsverhandlungen Grüne NRW, press release of 31 May 2022.
- ^ Dirk Anger (1 March 2024), Entscheidung steht: Maria Klein-Schmeink hört im Bundestag auf Münstersche Zeitung.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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