Edith Sitzmann

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Edith Sitzmann
Sitzmann 2016.jpg
Sitzmann in 2016
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
August 2002
Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
May 2016
Personal details
Born (1963-01-04) January 4, 1963 (age 58)
Regensburg
NationalityGerman
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens

Edith Sitzmann (born 4 January 1963, Regensburg) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg since August 2017. She has also been a member of the State Parliament, representing the  [de]. From 2011 to 2016, she led the Green Party's Group in the State Parliament.

Early life and education[]

Sitzmann was born on 4 January 1963 in Regensburg. She studied the humanities at the University of Freiburg, University of Regensburg, and Heidelberg University. Sitzmann earned a magister degree in 1989, then began working until 1991 as a tour guide for American exchange students.

Political career[]

Sitzmann joined the Alliance 90/The Greens party. From 1993 to 2001, she was a personal friend of and adviser to Dieter Salomon, a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. From 1994, she also worked as a freelance presenter and consultant for non-profit organizations until 2001, when she started her own business. In that time, Sitzmann also joined the district board of Alliance 90/The Greens from 1993 to 1994, and then the party's state board from 1995 to 1999.[citation needed]

In May 2016, Sitzmann was appointed State Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg. She announced in 2020 that she would not stand for reelection in the 2021 state elections.[1]

Other activities[]

Corporate boards[]

  • EnBW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors[2]
  • KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors[3]
  • Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors[4]

Non-profit organizations[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ Krauß, Bärbel; Rebhan, Christiane (23 January 2020). "Warum Edith Sitzmann und Franz Untersteller sich zurückziehen". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ Supervisory Board EnBW.
  3. ^ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.
  4. ^ Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
  5. ^ Edith Sitzmann Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
  6. ^ Edith Sitzmann Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
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