Summary
Claudia Tausend (born 22 July 1964) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.
Claudia Tausend | |
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 Claudia Tausend in 2014 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 July 1964 Vilsbiburg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Early life edit
Tausend was born in Vilsbiburg, Bavaria,
Career edit
Tausend first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Munich East district.[1] In parliament, she is a member of the Committee on Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Communities and the Committee on European Union Affairs.[2][3]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP under Chancellor Olaf Scholz following the 2021 federal elections, Tausend was part of her party's delegation in the working group on building and housing, chaired by Kevin Kühnert, Christian Kühn and Daniel Föst.[4]
Within the SPD parliamentary group, Tausend belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Claudia Tausend, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Building, Housing, Urban Development and Local Government". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung’'.
- ^ Members Parliamentary Left.
External links edit
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)