Katrin Kunert is a German politician of the Left Party. After working in regional politics, she was a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017, effectively by winning a mandate in the 16th, 17th and 18th election.
Life
editKunert was born on 6 April 1964 in Wolmirstedt in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). After completing the Polytechnic Secondary School, she trained as a cattle breeder from 1980 to 1982 and then completed a degree in engineering for animal production in Stadtroda.[1][2]
From 1986 to 1990, Kunert was head of the youth travel agency Jugendtourist in Osterburg before working full-time as the deputy district chairwoman of the PDS in Osterburg. Kunert was an employee of Helga Paschke, member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt until 2005, when she was elected into the Bundestag.[2]
Political Work
editKunert joined the Socialist Unity Party (SED) and remained a member, when the SED was succeeded by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), which itself later became the Left Party.[2]
In the 1990s, Kunert was a member of multiple regional governments and party executive boards, such as:[2]
- The district governments of Osterburg and Stendal
- The city council of Stendal
- The executive board of the PDS of Saxony-Anhalt
- The executive board of the PDS of the Osterburg District
From 2003 to 2006, she was a member of the executive board of the nation-wide Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).[Note 1][1][2]
In 2005, Kunert was elected to the Bundestag by being on her party's State List. In 2009, she won a seat by winning the Altmark – Jerichower Land electoral district with 33.4% of the votes. She ran again for that constituency in 2013 but scored second place, behind Körg Hellmuth of the CDU. Nevertheless, she got a seat.
During her time in the Bundestag, Kunert was a member of the Sports Committee and the Defense Committee.[3][1]
Private life
editShe is not religious and has one son from her marriage.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ From 2005 until 2007 when it was succeeded by today's Left Party, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) was officially called Linkspartei.PDS
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Deutscher Bundestag - Kunert, Katrin". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- ^ a b c d e "Zur Person". Archived from the original on 29 Oct 2016.
- ^ "Die Sportpolitikerin: Katrin Kunert". www.das-parlament.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-21.