Karin Junker

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Karin Junker
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1989–2004
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Born(1940-12-24)December 24, 1940
Düsseldorf
Political party Social Democratic Party of Germany
OccupationPolitician
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Karin Renate Junker (born 1940) is a German politician and author. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004, representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). [1] [2] [3]

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Life

Karin Junker was born on December 24, 1940, in Düsseldorf. [1] She was politically active in the 1960s student movement, and became a journalist. In 1977 she unsuccessfully challenged Elfriede Hoffmann for the leadership of SPD's women's organization, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialdemokratischer Frauen (ASF). [4]

She entered the European Parliament in 1989. [1] In 1992 she succeeded Inge Wettig-Danielmeier as chair of the ASF. [5]

Papers relating to Junker are held at the Archives of Social Democracy at the Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Karin JUNKER: 3rd parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. "Karin JUNKER: 4th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. "Karin JUNKER: 5th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  4. Braunthal, Gerard (2019). The German Social Democrats Since 1969: A Party In Power And Opposition. Routledge. p. 182.
  5. Potthoff, Heinrich; Miller, Susanne (2006). The Social Democratic Party of Germany, 1848-2005. Dietz. p. 342.
  6. Cook, Chris (2012). The Routledge Guide to European Political Archives: Sources Since 1945. Routledge. p. 92.