Kordula Schulz-Asche

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Kordula Schulz-Asche
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Kordula Schulz-Asche in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1956-12-31) 31 December 1956 (age 64)
Berlin, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyGreens
Alma materFree University of Berlin

Kordula Schulz-Asche (born 31 December 1956) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2013.[1]

Early life and career[]

Schulz-Asche was born in Berlin. After graduating from the Lily-Braun-Oberschule in Spandau and training as a nurse with the German Red Cross (DRK), she studied communication sciences, history and political science at the Free University of Berlin.

From 1986 to 1998 Schulz-Asche lived with her husband, the African economist , and her daughter in various African countries (Burkina Faso, Rwanda and Kenya). During this time she worked for development organisations in the field of health education. From 2000 to 2003 she worked for the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).

Political career[]

Career in state politics[]

From 1983 until 1985, Schulz-Asche was a member of the State Parliament of Berlin.

Schulz-Asche later served as a member of the State Parliament of Hesse from 2003 to 2013. In that capacity, she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson for social, demographic, health and disability policy.

Member of the German Parliament, 2013–present[]

Schulz-Asche first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] She has since been a member of the Health Committee.[3] For her parliamentary group she is spokesperson for care policy and for policy on the elderly.[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Schulz-Asche is part of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for the States of East Africa, which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Ethiopia, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.

Other activities[]

  • German Health Partnership (GHP), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2017)[5]
  • German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[6]
  • Deutscher Bürgerpreis, Member of the Jury
  • German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

References[]

  1. ^ "Kordula Schulz-Asche | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  5. ^ Advisory Board German Health Partnership (GHP).
  6. ^ Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).

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