Edith Sitzmann (born 4 January 1963, Regensburg) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party served as State Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg from 2017 to 2021. She was also a member of the State Parliament, representing the Freiburg II constituency. From 2011 to 2016, she led the Green Party's Group in the State Parliament.
Edith Sitzmann | |
|---|---|
 Sitzmann in 2016 | |
| Landtag of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Assumed office August 2002 | |
| Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg | |
| In office May 2016 – 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Nils Schmid |
| Succeeded by | Danyal Bayaz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1963 Regensburg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Early life and education
editSitzmann was born on 4 January 1963 in Regensburg. She studied the humanities at the University of Freiburg, University of Regensburg, and Heidelberg University. Sitzmann earned a magister degree in 1989, then began working until 1991 as a tour guide for American exchange students.
Political career
editSitzmann joined the Alliance 90/The Greens party. From 1993 to 2001, she was a personal friend of and adviser to Dieter Salomon, a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. From 1994, she also worked as a freelance presenter and consultant for non-profit organizations until 2001, when she started her own business. In that time, Sitzmann also joined the district board of Alliance 90/The Greens from 1993 to 1994, and then the party's state board from 1995 to 1999.[citation needed]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under the leadership of Kretschmann following the 2016 state elections, Sitzmann led her party’s delegation in the working group on integration.[1]
In May 2016, Sitzmann was appointed State Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg. She announced in 2020 that she would not stand for reelection in the 2021 state elections.[2]
Other activities
editCorporate boards
edit- EnBW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[3]
- KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[4]
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[5]
Non-profit organizations
editCitations
edit- ^ Grüne starten in Koalitionsverhandlungen mit der CDU Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 6 April 2016.
- ^ Krauß, Bärbel; Rebhan, Christiane (23 January 2020). "Warum Edith Sitzmann und Franz Untersteller sich zurückziehen". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Supervisory Board EnBW.
- ^ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees Archived 2017-08-16 at the Wayback Machine KfW.
- ^ Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
- ^ Edith Sitzmann Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
- ^ Edith Sitzmann Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.