Margarete Bause

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Margarete Bause
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Margarete Bause in 2012
Member of the Bundestag
for Bavaria
Assumed office
24 October 2017
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Leader of The Greens in the Landtag of Bavaria
In office
6 October 2003 – 15 February 2017
Preceded bySepp Dürr
Succeeded byKatharina Schulze
In office
1989 – 29 July 1990
In office
22 October 1986 – 1987
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Landtag of Bavaria
for Upper Bavaria
In office
6 October 2003 – 24 October 2017
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byMartin Runge
In office
22 October 1986 – 29 July 1990
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
Personal details
Born (1959-01-19) 19 January 1959 (age 62)
Wertheim, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyGreens
Alma materUniversity of Munich

Margarete Bause (born 19 January 1959) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria from 1986 to 1990 and from 2003 to 2017.[1] In 2017, she was elected a member of the Bundestag, where she is the Green party group's spokeswoman for human rights and humanitarian aid.[2]

Early life and education[]

Margarete Bause was born in Wertheim. After passing the Abitur in Landsberg,[3] she studied German studies, political science and sociology at the University of Munich.[4]

Political career[]

Bause became a member of the Green party in 1986 and was one of their state chairs in Bavaria from 1991 to 1993 and 1998 to 2003.[1]

From 1986 until 1990 and from 2003 until 2017, Bause served as a member of the Landtag of Bavaria. In that capacity, she was her parliamentary group's co-chair. From 2004 until 2007, she was also part of the parliamentary inquiry into Monika Hohlmeier over allegations Hohlmeier – during her time as member of the state government – allowed party votes to be falsified and got jobs for friends.

Bause has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections, representing Munich. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. She is also her parliamentary group's spokesperson on human rights. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2020, Bause has been serving as co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).[5]

Other activities[]

Corporate boards[]

Non-profit organizations[]

  • Munich School of Philosophy, Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Wings of Hope Deutschland, Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Bayerisches Amerikahaus, Member of the Advisory Board (2014-2017)
  • Bayerischer Rundfunk, Member of the Broadcasting Council (1990-1998)

Political positions[]

Bause is active in the area of human rights in China and supportive of the Uyghurs; her constituency, Munich, is home to the majority of Uighurs living in Germany as well as to the headquarters of the World Uyghur Congress.[7]

In 2014, Bause made headlines when — on a visit to China with a delegation from the Bavarian state parliament — she secretly met with dissident artist Ai Weiwei and later released photos of the meeting.[8]

In August 2019, after asking the German government to support sending UN observers to Xinjiang province,[9] Bause was denied entry to China.[10] The remaining members of the German Bundestag delegation subsequently cancelled their planned China trip.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Deutscher Bundestag - Margarete Bause".
  2. ^ "China 'encroaching' on Germany's parliament: Green lawmaker". Deutsche Welle. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  3. ^ "Köpfe an der Spitze der Fraktionen". Bayerischer Landtag. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. ^ "Zur Person: Margarete Bause". 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  5. ^ Co-Chairs Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).
  6. ^ 2015 Annual Report Umweltbank.
  7. ^ Janosch Delcker (August 13, 2019), Berlin and Beijing clash over lawmakers' visit Politico Europe.
  8. ^ Janosch Delcker (August 13, 2019), Berlin and Beijing clash over lawmakers' visit Politico Europe.
  9. ^ "Bayerische Grünen-Abgeordnete Bause in China unerwünscht". BR24 (in German). 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  10. ^ "China denies entry to German Greens party - DW - 04.08.2019". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  11. ^ "Streit mit Peking: Bundestag sagt geplante Besuchsreise nach China ab". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-15.

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