Sandra Detzer

Sandra Detzer
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Personal details
Born	(1980-04-21) 21 April 1980 (age 44) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany (now Germany)
Citizenship	German
Nationality	Germany
Political party	Alliance '90/The Greens
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Heidelberg University

Sandra Detzer (born 21 April 1980) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as Member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Ludwigsburg district.

Early life and education

Detzer was born in Munich as the daughter of a dentist and a teacher and graduated from high school there in 1999. She then studied political science and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1999 to 2005. From 2006 to 2010, she completed her doctorate at the University of Heidelberg on the topic of fiscal decentralization in Germany's federal states. She subsequently worked as a research assistant to Uwe Wagschal on the topic of the consolidation of government budgets.

Early career

From 2011 until 2016, Detzer worked as advisor on financial and economic policy to the Green Party's parliamentary group at the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg. ^[1]

Political career

Career in state politics

From 2016 ^[2] to 2021, Detzer co-chaired the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg, alongside Oliver Hildenbrand. Under her leadership, the board decided on the expulsion of Boris Palmer from the party in 2021. ^[3]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Detzer led her party's delegation in the working group on climate, environmental policy and energy; her co-chair from the CDU was Andreas Jung. ^{[4] [5]}

Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

In parliament, Detzer has been serving on the Finance Committee and the Committee on Economic Affairs since 2021. ^[6] Since 2023, she has been her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for economic affairs. ^[7]

Other activities

• Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board (since 2022) ^[8]

References

1. Renate Allgöwer (September 5, 2016), Finanzpolitische Beraterin kandidiert als Landesvorsitzende: Sandra Detzer will Grünenchefin werden Stuttgarter Zeitung .
2. Renate Allgöwer (September 5, 2016), Finanzpolitische Beraterin kandidiert als Landesvorsitzende: Sandra Detzer will Grünenchefin werden Stuttgarter Zeitung .
3. Christine Keck (November 15, 2021), Parteiausschluss beantragt: Die Grünen wollen Palmer loswerden Stuttgarter Zeitung .
4. Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 13 April 2021.
5. Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of 13 April 2021.
6. Sandra Detzer Bundestag.
7. Silke Kersting and Julian Olk (24 January 2023), Sandra Detzer ist neue wirtschaftspolitische Sprecherin der Grünen Handelsblatt .
8. Members of the Advisory Board Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA)