Isabel Mackensen | |
|---|---|
 Isabel Mackensen in 2017 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Katarina Barley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1986 Schwetzingen, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Trier |
Isabel Mackensen (born 29 September 1986) is a German politician of the SPD. She has been a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2 July 2019.
Mackensen was born in Schwetzingen and grew up in Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim (where she still has her home). [1] After passing her Abitur in 2006 at the Kurfürst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium (secondary school) in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, she studied political science and history at the University of Trier, graduating with an MA in 2012. [2]
Mackensen became an SPD member in 2009 [2] and was chair of the Palatinate regional section of the Young Socialists in the SPD from 2013 to 2017. [3] In 2019, she was elected a member of the district council of Bad Dürkheim. [4]
In the 2017 German federal election, Mackensen was the SPD candidate for the Neustadt – Speyer district and came second with 25.3% of the vote. [5] Mackensen became a Bundestag member via her party list after Katarina Barley, having been elected to the European Parliament, resigned her seat in the German parliament. [1] She has since been serving on the Committee on Food and Agriculture.
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