Beate Walter-Rosenheimer

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Beate Walter-Rosenheimer
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Beate Walter-Rosenheimer in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2012–2025
Personal details
Born (1964-11-20) 20 November 1964 (age 60)
Weißenburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political party Greens
Children5
Alma mater Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Beate Walter-Rosenheimer (born 20 November 1964) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2012 to 2025. [1] [2] [3] Prior to her political career, she worked as a freelance psychologist. In parliament, she has served on various committees and was her parliamentary group's spokesperson for youth policy, education, and training.

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Early life and career

Born in Weißenburg, Bavaria, Walter-Rosenheimer grew up in Ingolstadt and Munich, where she graduated from high school in 1985. She then studied communication sciences, philosophy, history and psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Diplom-Psychologin).

Walter-Rosenheimer then worked as a freelance psychologist in the fields of industrial psychology, coaching and clinical psychology. From 2009 to 2011, she was a research assistant to Margarete Bause, the parliamentary party leader of the Greens in the State Parliament of Bavaria.

Political career

On 16 January 2012 Walter-Rosenheimer moved up to the Bundestag. [4]

In parliament, Walter-Rosenheimer served on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment (2013–2021); the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2013–2021); the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (2021–2025); and the Committee on Petitions (2021–2025). [5] She was also a member of the Enquete Commission on Vocational Training. [6] From 2013 until 2021, she was her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for youth policy, education and training. [7]

In February 2024, Walter-Rosenheimer 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]

Personal life

Walter-Rosenheimer has five children. She lives in Munich. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Beate Walter-Rosenheimer | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Joshua Beer (4 October 2021), Scheidende Bundestagsabgeordnete: "Demokratie braucht Wechsel" Süddeutsche Zeitung .
  3. ↑ Erich Setzwein (12 October 2021), Bundestagwahl: Hoffnung auf Wiedereinzug Süddeutsche Zeitung .
  4. ↑ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Parlamentsposten für Walter-Rosenheimer Süddeutsche Zeitung , 26 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "German Bundestag - Study Commission 'Vocational Training in the Digital Work Environment'". German Bundestag. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Politik: Walter-Rosenheimer tritt nicht mehr an Süddeutsche Zeitung , 23 February 2024.
  9. ↑ Heike Banzer (2 September 2021), Die Grünen: Die Langjährige Süddeutsche Zeitung .


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