Stephanie Aeffner (born 29 April 1976 in Donaueschingen) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the German Bundestag since 2021.
Stephanie Aeffner | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
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| Born | 29 April 1976 Donaueschingen, West Germany |
| Political party | Greens |
Early life
editAeffner hails from Frankfurt.[1] After graduating from Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main in 1995, Aeffner began studying human medicine but had to drop out after four years for health reasons.[2] Aeffner has been dependent on a wheelchair since 1999. [3]
Medical career
editIn 2000 Aeffner began studying social pedagogy at the Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences, which she completed in 2006 as a qualified social worker.[4] After working as a temporary worker in outpatient nursing,[5] she worked from 2006 to 2009 as a quality manager in the Clinic for Surgery at the University Hospital Mannheim.[6] In 2010, she trained as a quality officer/quality manager in the social and healthcare sector[2] at Rhein-Main-Neckar GmbH, Academy for Economic and Social Management. Until 2012, Aeffner worked in the ‘Integration Project Group’ in the town of Eppelheim.[6] Since 2012, she has been involved in the ‘LAG Behindertenpolitik in Baden-Württemberg’.[7] From May 2012, she worked for the ‘Zentrum selbstbestimmt Leben Stuttgart e.V.’, an advice centre for people with disabilities. There she provided counselling for people with disabilities and their relatives. She was also responsible for the development and implementation of inclusion projects,[8] for which she was involved in various city and state committees such as the Stuttgart Inclusion Advisory Board.[9] From 2016 to 2021, Aeffner was the representative of the state government of Baden-Württemberg for the interests of people with disabilities (State Disability Commissioner).[2][10][11]
Political career
editAeffner is a long-standing member of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. She was a member of the local executive committee of the Eppelheim Green Party and the executive committee of the Kurpfalz-Hardt district organisation.She was also a member of the state executive committee of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg.When she was appointed state commissioner for the disabled, she resigned from all party-political offices for reasons of neutrality.[12] She was involved in several state working groups of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg (LAG Economy, Finance and Social Affairs, LAG Disability Policy, LAG Education)[7][13] and the Federal Working Group (BAG) Disability Policy.[7] She was also a member of the specialist working group on the state election programme and the 2021 Green-Black coalition agreement in Baden-Württemberg.[2]
In the 2021 German federal election, Aeffner contested Pforzheim.[14] She received 12.7% of the first votes[15] and came in fourth place, but was elected to the Bundestag on the state list.[16] In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), she was part of her party's delegation in the working group on social policy, co-chaired by Dagmar Schmidt, Sven Lehmann and Johannes Vogel.[17]
In parliament, Aeffner has since been serving on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development[18] and is the rapporteur for her group.[19]
Political positions
editOn 3 June 2022, she was one of four members of the Green parliamentary group in the German Bundestag to vote against the Bundeswehr special fund.[20]
Personal life
editAeffner is a protestant and, by her own account, single.[12] She currently lives in Eppelheim.[21]
References
edit- ^ Hahn, Nikola. "»„Barrierefreiheit ist eine ganz große Gerechtigkeitsfrage"«". fgq.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d "»Abgeordnete im Porträt: Stephanie Aeffner (Grüne)«". aerztezeitung.de (in German). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Wetzel, Maria (28 September 2016). "»Rollstuhl – na und?«". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "»Die neue Stimme im Hochschulrat«". srh-hochschule-heidelberg.de (in German). 7 May 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Lichnau, Jennifer (27 September 2021). "»Diese Menschen machen den Bundestag diverser«". zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ a b "»Lebenslauf Stephanie Aeffner«" (PDF). sozialministerium.baden-wuerttemberg.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "»EPPELHEIMER NACHRICHTEN«" (PDF). eppelheim.de (in German). 25 April 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "»viel<mehr<gemeinsam«" (PDF). beteiligungskongress-bw.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "»„Tag der Inklusion"«". lahr.de (in German). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "»Stephanie Aeffner als neue Landes-Behindertenbeauftragte bestellt«". sozialministerium.baden-wuerttemberg.de (in German). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "»Simone Fischer zur neuen Landes-Behindertenbeauftragten bestellt«". sozialministerium.baden-wuerttemberg.de (in German). 28 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ a b "»Stephanie Aeffner, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen«". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "»Stephanie Aeffner«". gruene-bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Ergebnisse Pforzheim - Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "»279: Pforzheim«". bundeswahlleiterin.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Gewählte in Landeslisten der Parteien in Baden-Württemberg - Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ Helmut Kleebank leitet den Beirat für nachhaltige Entwicklung Bundestag, press release of 16 March 2022.
- ^ Schindler, Franziska (8 February 2022). "»"Behinderung wird in der Arbeitswelt noch immer als Makel gesehen"«". zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "»Bundeswehrsondervermögensgesetz (Antrag AfD)«". bundestag.de (in German). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Metzbaur, Birgit (17 September 2020). "»Kreisparteitag der Grünen in Büchenbronn: Zwei Frauen wollen in den Bundestag«". bnn.de (in German). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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