Bela Bach (born 30 September 1990) is a German politician of the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
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(SPD) who served as a member of the
Bundestag from the state of
Bavaria from 2020 until 2021.
Early life and education
Born in
Magdeburg,
Saxony-Anhalt, Bach completed her Abitur in 2010 and subsequently studied law at the
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...
until 2018.
Political career
Bach has been a member of the SPD since 2007. On 4 February 2020 she succeeded
Martin Burkert
Martin Burkert (born 14 October 1964) is a German politician and member of the SPD.
Political career
Burkert was born in Würzburg. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 national elections. He has since been serving on th ...
in the Bundestag. In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Committee on Petitions.
In addition to her committee assignments, Bach was a substitute member of the German delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2020 until 2021, where she served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights.
In March 2021, Bach announced that she would not stand in the
2021 federal elections.
[Martin Mühlfenzl (March 18, 2021)]
Bela Bach schmeißt hin
''Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Other activities
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Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council (since 2020)
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German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
References
External links
Bundestag biography
1990 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
Female members of the Bundestag
21st-century German women politicians
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
Politicians from Magdeburg
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