Simone Borchardt (born 11 September 1967 in Leipzig[1] or Schkeuditz[2]) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as member of the Bundestag since 2021.[3]
Life
editBorchardt studied at the Leipzig University of Education from 1987 to 1992, aiming to become a teacher at secondary level I.[2][4] She graduated with the first state examination. She also completed further training as a health insurance business administrator from 2001 to 2003 and a master's distance learning program in health management at Wismar University of Applied Sciences between 2018 and 2020.[2] After completing her first degree, she held various positions at Barmer Ersatzkasse from 1992.[4] From January 2012 to April 2017, she was the regional managing director of Barmer in Schwerin, having previously held the deputy position since 2007.[1][5] After working briefly for Barmer in Rostock, she was a health policy officer at Barmer's regional office in Hamburg from September 2018.[2] In June 2019, she moved to the International Federation, where she became head of the nursing division and management representative for PWG gGmbH.[1] Simone Borchardt is divorced and has two children. She lives in the municipality of Warnow (near Grevesmühlen).[1] She is of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination.[6]
Political activities
editBorchardt has been a member of the CDU since 2013. In 2016, she stood for the party in the Schwerin mayoral election,[5][7] in which she received 18.2 per cent of the vote and came in third.[8] In the 2021 Bundestag election, Simone Borchardt stood in the Bundestag constituency of Ludwigslust-Parchim II - Nordwestmecklenburg II - Landkreis Rostock I, where she came second with 18.2 per cent of the first-place vote.[9] She entered the 20th German Bundestag via the state list,[10] on which she was ranked third. She is a member of the Petitions Committee. She is a member of the Petitions Committee and the Health Committee.[2]
Political positions
editIn April 2023, she was one of two CDU/CSU parliamentary group members to vote to set up a committee of inquiry into the Coronavirus at the request of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.[11][12]
Memberships
editWithin the CDU in 2021, Borchardt is the district chairwoman of the Women's Union of Northwest Mecklenburg and a member of the Union of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and the Economy.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Für Mecklenburg. Im Bundestag". simone-borchardt.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Simone Borchardt, CDU/CSU". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Simone Borchardt". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ a b Rübel, Jan (19 October 2023). "Die Praktikerin: Simone Borchardt". das-parlament.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Simone Borchardt soll Oberbürgermeisterin werden". cdu-schwerin.com (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Abgeordnete". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Simone Borchardt kämpft für die CDU um den OB-Sessel". schwerin-lokal.de (in German). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Die zweite Runde muss entscheiden". svz.de (in German). 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "013: Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I". bundeswahlleiterin.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ Rohrer, Benjamin (2021-12-13). ""So stellt sich die Union in der Gesundheitspolitik auf"". pharmazeutische-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ ""Aufarbeitung angestrebt CORONA Kein Untersuchungsausschuss zur Pandemie"" (PDF). das-parlament.de (in German). 2023-04-17. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ ""Einsetzung des 2. Untersuchungsausschusses der 20. Wahlperiode (Bekämpfung des Corona-Virus)"". bundestag.de (in German). 19 April 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2024.