Isabel Mackensen-Geis
Isabel Mackensen-Geis | |
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Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Katarina Barley |
Personal details | |
Born | Schwetzingen, West Germany | 29 September 1986
Nationality | German |
Political party | SPD |
Alma mater | University of Trier |
Isabel Mackensen-Geis (born 29 September 1986 as ISabel Mackensen) is a German politician of the SPD. She has been a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2 July 2019.
Early life and education[]
Mackensen-Geis was born in Schwetzingen and grew up in Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim (where she still has her home).[1] After passing her Abitur in 2006 at the Kurfürst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium (secondary school) in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, she studied political science and history at the University of Trier, graduating with an MA in 2012.[2]
Political career[]
Mackensen-Geis became an SPD member in 2009[2] and was chair of the Palatinate regional section of the Young Socialists in the SPD from 2013 to 2017.[3] In 2019, she was elected a member of the district council of Bad Dürkheim.[4]
In the 2017 German federal election, Mackensen was the SPD candidate for the Neustadt – Speyer district and came second with 25.3% of the vote.[5] Mackensen became a Bundestag member via her party list after Katarina Barley, having been elected to the European Parliament, resigned her seat in the German parliament.[1] She has since been serving on the Committee on Food and Agriculture.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wolfgang Kreilinger (13 June 2019). "Niederkirchen: Isabel Mackensen rückt für Katarina Barley in den Bundestag nach" (in German). Die Rheinpfalz, Ludwigshafen. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Über mich". Isabel Mackensen (in German). 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Isabel Mackensen". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Metropolnews, Redaktion (28 May 2019). "Kreis Bad Dürkheim: Vorläufiges Ergebnis Kreistagswahl 2019". Metropolnews.info (in German). Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Results Neustadt – Speyer - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate
- People from Schwetzingen
- Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
- University of Trier alumni
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
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