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Carola Alexandra Veit (born 2 June 1973 in

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) is a

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lawyer and

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who has been

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of the

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since 23 March 2011.

Early career

Having grown up in Hamburg's

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district, Veit trained as a paralegal then a lawyer.

Political career

Veit became a member of the

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in 1991 and a member of the Hamburg Mitte District Board in 2000. Since 2004, Veit has been a member of the Hamburg Parliament for the SPD. She has since been serving on several committees such as the Committee on Families, Children and Youth and the Committee on Constitutional Matters. In the 20th session of the parliament (2011–2015) she was elected

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. She was re-elected for a further term, 2015–2020, in the 21st session. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of

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's Christian Democrats ( CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the SPD following the 2013 German elections, Veit was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on integration and migration, led by

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and

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. In 2015, Veit was appointed Vice Chairman of the

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(BSPC). In 2016 she was appointed President of the BSPC. She was a SPD delegate to the

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for the purpose of electing the

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in 2017 and in

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Other activities

* Herbert and Elsbeth Weichmann Foundation, Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees * Jugend gegen AIDS, Member of the Advisory Board * Kulturpalast Hamburg, Member of the Board of Trustees * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member *

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, Member

Personal life

Veit lives in a long-term relationship with an architect. The couple has three children and lives in Hamburg's

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district.Thomas Heyen (April 14, 2015)
Landgebiet ist Carola Veit ans Herz gewachsen
''Bergedorfer Zeitung''.

References

External links

*
Hamburg Parliament website
Living people 1973 births {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub Politicians from Hamburg