Sonja Steffen
Sonja Steffen | |
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 Sonja Steffen in 2014 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1963 , West Germany (now Germany) |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | SPD |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Sonja Amalie Steffen (born 22 October 1963) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2009.
Early life and education[]
Born in , North Rhine-Westphalia, Steffen studied law at the University of Cologne.
Political career[]
Steffen became member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election.[1]
In parliament, Steffen is a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection; its Sub-Committee on European Affairs; the Committee on the Verification of Credentials and Immunities; and the Budget Committee.[2][3][4] In her capacity as member of the Budget Committee, she has been serving as her parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budgets of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (since 2014) and the Federal Ministry of Health (since 2018).
In 2018, Steffen also joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).
In February 2020, Steffen announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
Other activities[]
- Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees[5]
- German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2014)[6]
- Ozeaneum, Member of the Supervisory Board
References[]
- ^ "Sonja Amalie Steffen, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Budget". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ Board of Trustees Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation.
- ^ Supervisory Board German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ).
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