Maria Michalk

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Maria Michalk
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Born (1949-12-06) 6 December 1949 (age 73)
Merka, Saxony, East Germany
OccupationPolitician

Maria Ludwiga Michalk (born 6 December 1949) is a German politician. She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1990 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2017 as a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. [1]

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Biography

She was born in Merka in Radibor municipality and attended the local Sorbian high school. She trained as an industrial clerk and then studied business economics at a technical college. [1]

She became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1972. In 1990, she was named to the CDU district council for Bautzen district. In 1990, she was elected to the Volkskammer. She was subsequently elected to the Bundestag later that year. [1] After leaving the Bundestag in 1994, she managed an education centre in Bischofswerda for seven years. In 2002, she was elected to the Bundestag again. [2] In 2016, she announced that she would not run for reelection to the Bundestag in 2017. [3]

Michalk was awarded the Sächsische Verfassungsmedaille and was named to the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Maria Michalk, CDU/CSU" (in German). Deutscher Bundestag.
  2. ""Politik ist das Bohren von dicken Brettern"". Lausitzer Rundschau (in German).
  3. "Maria Michalk hört 2017 auf". Alles-Lausitz.de (in German). 23 August 2016.