Heinke Salisch | |
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 Heinke Salisch as a MEP | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 1979–1996 | |
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| Born | 14 August 1941 Grevenbroich, Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Heinke Salisch (born 14 August 1941) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). [1] She was a long-serving member of the European Parliament and previously worked as an interpreter.
After graduating from high school, Salisch studied applied linguistics in Mainz and graduated with a degree in interpreting in 1965. She then worked as a freelance conference interpreter until 1979. Heinke Salisch is widowed and has two sons.
As early as 1971, Salisch became a city councillor in Karlsruhe, a body she served on until 1988. In the first European direct elections in 1979, Salisch was elected to the European Parliament and re-elected in 1984 and 1989. She was a member of the European Parliament until 1996. From 1995 to 2003, she was mayor of Karlsruhe and headed the building department. [2]
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