Katrin Kunert

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Katrin Kunert is a German politician of the Left Party. After working in regional politics, she was a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017, effectively by winning a mandate in the 16th, 17th and 18th election.

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Life

Kunert was born on 6 April 1964 in Wolmirstedt in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). After completing the Polytechnic Secondary School, she trained as a cattle breeder from 1980 to 1982 and then completed a degree in engineering for animal production in Stadtroda. [1] [2]

From 1986 to 1990, Kunert was head of the youth travel agency Jugendtourist in Osterburg before working full-time as the deputy district chairwoman of the PDS in Osterburg. Kunert was an employee of Helga Paschke, member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt until 2005, when she was elected into the Bundestag. [2]

Political Work

Kunert joined the Socialist Unity Party (SED) and remained a member, when the SED was succeeded by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), which itself later became the Left Party. [2]

In the 1990s, Kunert was a member of multiple regional governments and party executive boards, such as: [2]

From 2003 to 2006, she was a member of the executive board of the nation-wide Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). [Note 1] [1] [2]

In 2005, Kunert was elected to the Bundestag by being on her party's State List. In 2009, she won a seat by winning the Altmark – Jerichower Land electoral district with 33.4% of the votes. She ran again for that constituency in 2013 but scored second place, behind Körg Hellmuth of the CDU. Nevertheless, she got a seat.

During her time in the Bundestag, Kunert was a member of the Sports Committee and the Defense Committee. [3] [1]

Private life

She is not religious and has one son from her marriage. [1]

Notes

  1. From 2005 until 2007 when it was succeeded by today's Left Party, the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) was officially called Linkspartei.PDS

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Deutscher Bundestag - Kunert, Katrin". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Zur Person". Archived from the original on 29 Oct 2016.
  3. "Die Sportpolitikerin: Katrin Kunert". www.das-parlament.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-21.