Katrin Budde

Katrin Budde (born 13 April 1965) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2017.[1]

Katrin Budde
Katrin Budde in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1965-04-13) 13 April 1965
Magdeburg, East Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Alma materTechnical University Magdeburg

Early life and career

After graduating from high school in 1983, Budde started an internship at the former VEB Schwermaschinenbau Karl Liebknecht in Magdeburg. From 1984 to 1989, she studied at the Technical University Magdeburg (from 1987 Technical University), where she graduated as an engineer for work design. Subsequently, she worked as a research assistant at VEB FER (research, development, rationalisation) until 1990.

Political career

From 1990 to 2017 Budde was a member of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. From 2009[2] to 2016, she also served as chairwoman of the SPD in Saxony-Anhalt; she resigned from that position following the party's defeat in the 2016 state elections.[3]

Budde co-chaired the SPD’s national conventions in Berlin (2011)[4] Hanover (2012)[5] and Augsburg (2013).[6]

Budde became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing the Mansfeld district.[7] She has been the chairwoman of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Media[8] and a member of the Defense Committee. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been serving as deputy chairwoman of the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Within the SPD parliamentary group, Budde belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[9]

Other activities

References
  1. "Katrin Budde | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. Neuanfang: SPD-Vorstand Sachsen-Anhalt beschließt Rücktritt Die Welt, October 20, 2009.
  3. Kai Portmann, Christian Tretbar, Benedikt Voigt, Robert Klages and Helena Wittlich (March 14, 2016), Nach den Landtagswahlen: Rücktritte in Sachsen-Anhalt - erste Koalitionsgespräche angekündigt Der Tagesspiegel.
  4. Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2011, Berlin Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  5. Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages der SPD, 9. Dezember 2012 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  6. Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2013, Augsburg Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  7. "Katrin Budde, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. "German Bundestag - Cultural and Media Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  9. Members Parlamentarische Linke.
  10. Foundation Bodies Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship.
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