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.[1]
Maria Klein-Schmeink | |
|---|---|
,_MdB.jpg) Klein-Schmeink in 2014 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1958 Hamminkeln, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Greens |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
Early life and career
editKlein-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
editIn 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.[2][3] 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.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Klein-Schmeink is part of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
References
edit- ^ "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
edit
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)