Sönke Rix

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sönke Rix
Rix,Sönke-0528.jpg
Sönke Rix in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born (1975-12-03) 3 December 1975 (age 45)
Eckernförde, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Sönke Rix (born 3 December 1975) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Schleswig-Holstein since 2005.[1]

Political career[]

Rix first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2005 German federal election.[2] He has since been a member of the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[3] Since 2014, he has been serving as his parliamentary group’s family, senior citizens, women and youth.

In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Rix was part of the working group on families, women, seniors and youth, led by Annette Widmann-Mauz, Angelika Niebler and Katarina Barley.

Since 2019, Rix has been serving as deputy chairman of the SPD in Schleswig-Holstein. Ahead of the 2021 elections, he was elected to lead the SPD's campaign in Schleswig-Holstein.[4]

Other activities[]

  • German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
  • Greenpeace, Member

References[]

  1. ^ "Sönke Rix | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. ^ "Sönke Rix, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. ^ Nord-SPD zieht mit Stegner in den Bundestagswahlkampf Norddeutscher Rundfunk, March 26, 2021.

External links[]

Flag of GermanyPolitician icon Stub icon

This biography article about a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""