Barbara Saß-Viehweger (née Weyand; born 4 August 1943) is a German
civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers wit ...
,
lawyer
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, and
politician
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. She is member of the
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (german: link=no, Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands ; CDU ) is a Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right ...
.
Early life and education
Born in
Worbis
Leinefelde-Worbis is a town in the district of Eichsfeld (district), Eichsfeld, in northwestern Thuringia, Germany. The town was formed on March 16, 2004, from the former independent towns Leinefelde and Worbis along with the municipalities of ...
,
Province of Saxony
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It was formed by the merge ...
, Saß-Viehweger grew up in
Berlin
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where she attended school. She studied jurisprudence in Berlin,
Köln
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and
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
and finished in 1970 with her Second
Staatsexamen
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; afterwards she worked as lawyer. From 1980 to 2013 she additionally acted as civil law notary.
Based in
Lankwitz
Lankwitz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz.
History
The locality was first mentioned in 1239 with the name of ''Lankowi ...
, she is member of the Roman Catholic parish
Mater Dolorosa (Berlin-Lankwitz)
Mater Dolorosa is a Roman Catholic parish and church in Berlin-Lankwitz in Germany. Mater Dolorosa belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin. It is named after Our Lady of Sorrows (Latin: ''mater dolorosa'').
Location and urban environm ...
, where she acts as member of the management board and as member of the council of the independent foundation
Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz.
Mitglieder des Stiftungsrats
Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz; retrieved 25 October 2015.
Career
She was member of the communal parliament in Steglitz
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Steglitz was also a borough from 1920 to 2000. It contained the ...
from 1971 to 1975, and member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
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from 1975 (when her name was Barbara Saß) to 1995, and therefore, she was member of the Landtag
A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non- ...
for six successive Legislation
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periods, always with a direct mandate of her electoral district
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. She was mainly engaged in legal and domestic policy, where she was speaker
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Society and politics
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* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
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** I ...
of the parliamentary group
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Parliamentar ...
of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for many years. Furthermore, she acted in several investigation committee
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s and she chaired the ''Enquete-Kommission'' (inquiry commission) for the administration reform in Berlin.
References
External links
Barbara Saß-Viehweger profile
mater-dolorosa-lankwitz.de; accessed 26 October 2015.
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Members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
German Roman Catholics
1943 births
Living people