Michaela Engelmeier

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Michaela Engelmeier
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Michaela Barbara Engelmeier

(1970-10-10) 10 October 1970 (age 53)
Hagen, Germany
Political party SPD
OccupationPolitician

Michaela Barbara Engelmeier (formerly Engelmeier-Heite, October 10, 1960, Hagen, Germany) is a German politician (SPD). She was a member of the German Bundestag from 2013 to 2017. She is a former member of the German national women's judo team. From 2020 to 2022, she was the first Secretary General of the German-Israeli Society. Since September 2022, she has been chairwoman of the board of SoVD.

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Biography

Engelmeier studied economics and is a state-certified and recognized educator. She finished her studies without a degree. [1] She worked as a reference teacher and judo teacher at a Special School for social and emotional development in Gummersbach and was vice-president of the Landessportbund NRW. Engelmeier was an active competitive athlete in the Judo Bundesliga for many years [2] as well as a member of the German national women's judo team. [2] as well as a member of the German national women's judo team. [3] [4]

Michaela Engelmeier has two children and three grandchildren.

Politics career

From 2004 to 2020, she was a member of the Oberbergischer district council. From 2009 to 2021, she was a member of the SPD party executive committee.

In 2005, 2009 and 2013 she ran for the German Bundestag in the Oberbergischer Kreis constituency, but was clearly defeated by the CDU candidate Klaus-Peter Flosbach. In 2013, however, she entered the Bundestag via the SPD state list for North Rhine-Westphalia (list position 18). [5] She was a member of the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development, sports policy spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group in the Sports Committee [6] and a member of the SPD parliamentary group executive committee.

At the federal party convention of the SPD in Dresden from 13 to 15 November 2009, she was elected to the federal executive board. She became one of 37 assessors and was assigned the task of "Children, Youth, Sport and Rural Affairs". On December 5, 2011, and December 2013, she was re -elected to the federal executive board in the first ballot, although the number of assessors was reduced to 26. [7] She was an assessor on the federal party executive until December 2021.

In 2017 she ran again for the Bundestag in her constituency, but only achieved 26.7% and was thus again clearly defeated by the CDU candidate Carsten Brodesser. [8] Due to the poor results of her party, she was not able to enter the Bundestag again this time via the state list (list position 20). She left the Bundestag. [9] She also failed to re-enter the Bundestag in the 2021 federal election.

Association activity

From August 2018, she headed the Berlin office of Maccabi Germany. [10] In 2020, she was appointed to the newly created post of secretary general of the German-Israeli Society. She resigned from this office at her own request in July 2022. [11]

In 2022, she was appointed by the federal board of SoVD to the newly created office of chairwoman of the board. [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Michaela Engelmeier-Heite zur Vizepräsidentin wiedergewählt" [Michaela Engelmeier-Heite re-elected Vice President]. spd-gummersbach.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2023-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "NEWS-Oberberg.de". 2014-09-03. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "2.6.2005: Generationswechsel bei der SPD". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). 2005-06-02. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  5. ↑ "Ergebnisse Oberbergischer Kreis – Die Bundeswahlleiterin". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  6. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag – Mitglieder des Sportausschusses". 2016-09-27. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  7. ↑ "Wahlergebnisse Parteivorstand | Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)". 2012-03-02. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2023-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ "Ergebnisse Oberbergischer Kreis – Die Bundeswahlleiterin". www.bundeswahlleiterin.de. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  9. ↑ ONLINE, RP (2017-09-26). "Radevormwald/Oberberg: Michaela Engelmeier auch nicht über SPD-Liste in Bundestag". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  10. ↑ "Makkabi Deutschland: Michaela Engelmeier wird Leiterin des Berliner Büros". Rundschau Online. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  11. ↑ Thaidigsmann, Michael (2020-04-03). "Michaela Engelmeier wird Generalsekretärin". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  12. ↑ e.V, Sozialverband Deutschland (2022-08-23). "SoVD verstärkt sich an der Verbandsspitze". www.sovd.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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