Maria Klein-Schmeink

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Maria Klein-Schmeink
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Klein-Schmeink in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2009–2025
Personal details
Born (1958-01-06) 6 January 1958 (age 67)
Hamminkeln, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political party Greens
Children1
Alma mater University of Münster

Maria Anna Klein-Schmeink (born 6 January 1958) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 to 2025. [1]

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Early life and career

Klein-Schmeink studied sociology at the University of Münster from 1977 to 1984 and graduated with a master's degree. While still a student, she began working as a volunteer for the Sozialpädagogisches Bildungswerk Münster (Sobi).

After completing her studies until 2002, Klein-Schmeink worked full-time in a leading position for the Sobi. From 1986 to 1988 she was involved in the establishment of the institution "cultur- und begegnungszentrum achtermannstraße" (c.u.b.a.). From 2002 until she moved to the German Bundestag in 2009, she worked as a legislative advisor to the Green Party's group in the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Political career

In parliament, Klein-Schmeink was a member of the Committee on Health. From 2014, she served as her parliamentary group's spokesperson on health policy. [2] [3] In 2020, she succeeded Katja Dörner as one her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, first under the leadership of co-chairs Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter, then Britta Hasselmann and Katharina Dröge. [4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Klein-Schmeink was part of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group. [5]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Klein-Schmeink led her party's delegation in the working group on health policy; her co-chairs from the other parties were Katja Pähle and Christine Aschenberg-Dugnus. [6]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Klein-Schmeink was part of her party’s delegation. [7]

In March 2024, Klein-Schmeink 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Maria Klein-Schmeink | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "German Bundestag – Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Gremienbesetzungen Parliamentary Group of the Green Party, press release of 3 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Stephanie Rohde (2 March 2016), Österreichs Flüchtlingsobergrenzen: „Warenverkehr wird sehr, sehr stark darunter leiden“ Deutschlandfunk .
  6. ↑ Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau .
  7. ↑ GRÜNE benennen Team für Koalitionsverhandlungen Grüne NRW, press release of 31 May 2022.
  8. ↑ Dirk Anger (1 March 2024), Entscheidung steht: Maria Klein-Schmeink hört im Bundestag auf Münstersche Zeitung.
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