Anke Hennig (born 7 October 1964 in Osnabrück) is a German politician for the SPD and has been a member of the Bundestag, the federal diet since 2021.

Life

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Hennig was born in 1964 in the West German city of Osnabrück and was elected to the Bundestag in 2021.[1] After graduating from the Völker public school in Osnabrück, Hennig first worked as a taxi driver in Bramsche. In 1989 she worked as an office assistant in Hamburg. Two years later she moved back to Bramsche and worked as an office assistant in a building materials store and a car rental company. Between 2002 and 2006 she worked again as a taxi driver. Then in 2007 she went to Australia with her two children and worked there in a German discount store until 2008. After returning to Bramsche again, she worked in child day care and qualified as a child day care worker.[2] Until 2021, she worked at a primary school in Bramsche, where she was responsible for homework supervision and afternoon activities.[1][3]

Anke Hennig is the daughter of the former SPD member of the Lower Saxony state parliament Helga Lewandowsky.[4] She is married and has three children, two daughters and a foster son.[3][5]

Politics

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Anke Hennig joined the SPD in 1986.[6] In 2011 she was elected to the local council of Achmer, a district of Bramsche.[7] Since 2015 she has also been a member of the Bramsche town council. There she is chair of the Social Affairs and Sports Committee and a member of the School and Culture Committee.[8] In 2018 she became local mayor in Achmer.[3][9]

In the 2021 federal election, she ran for her party as a direct candidate in the Osnabrück-Land constituency[10] and in 18th place on the Lower Saxony state list. In the constituency she lost to the CDU candidate André Berghegger, but entered the German Bundestag via the state list.[11][12] In the 20th German Bundestag, she is a member of the Committee for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and a deputy member of the Committee for Food and Agriculture and the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. She is also deputy chair of the German-Pacific Parliamentary Group and a deputy member of the Council of Elders Commission for Matters concerning Members of Parliament's Staff.[13]

In the SPD parliamentary group, Hennig has been deputy spokesperson of the working group on family, seniors, women and youth since 25 January 2022[14] and deputy spokesperson of the working group on queer policy since 14 February 2022.[15][16]

Memberships

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References

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  1. ^ a b ""Anke Hennig, SPD"". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ^ Rosigkeit, Vera (19 October 2022). ""Anke Hennig: für die SPD von der Kindertagespflege in den Bundestag"". vorwaerts.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d ""Anke Hennig, MdB"". spd-landesgruppe-niedersachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. ^ Wekenborg-Placke, Hildegard (11 March 2019). ""Alleinerziehend – heute und vor einem halben Jahrhundert"". noz.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ^ Bühner, Martin (29 July 2022). """Ich gebe uns da eine Stimme.""". humanistisch.net (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ Beinke, Heiner (14 August 2010). ""So schätzt die Bramscherin Anke Hennig ihre Wahlchancen ein"". noz.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ^ Dieckmann, Björn (17 January 2018). ""Anke Hennig neue Ortsbürgermeisterin in Achmer"". noz.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. ^ ""Mein Weg in die Politik"". anke-hennig.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  9. ^ ""Anke Hennig/SPD Bramsche"". mitmischen.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. ^ ""Die Ergebnisse für den Wahlkreis Osnabrück-Land"". sueddeutsche.de (in German). 15 October 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  11. ^ ""André Berghegger (CDU) siegt in Osnabrück-Land"". spiegel.de (in German). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  12. ^ ""Wahlergebnis Osnabrück-Land"". zeit.de (in German). 15 October 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  13. ^ ""Anke Hennig"". spdfraktion.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  14. ^ ""Arbeitsgruppe Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend"". spdfraktion.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  15. ^ Jordan, Jonas (16 February 2022). ""SPD-Fraktion im Bundestag: Was die neue AG Queerpolitik plant"". vorwaerts.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  16. ^ ""Arbeitsgruppe Queerpolitik"". spdfraktion.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  17. ^ ""Kathrin Vogler im Kuratorium der Magnus Hirschfeld-Stiftung"". kathrin-vogler.de (in German). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  18. ^ ""Machen Sie mit!"". landesfrauenrat-nds.de (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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