Daniela Kolbe (born 22 February 1980) is a German physicist and politician of the

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(SPD) who served as a member of the

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from the state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

from 2009 until 2021.

Political career

Kolbe first became member of the Bundestag in the

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, representing the

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district. In parliament, she first served on the Committee on Internal Affairs from 2009 until 2013. From 2014 until 2021, she served on the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs. Within her parliamentary group, she chaired the caucus of MPs from Germany's Eastern states from 2013 until 2015. Since 2014, she has been part of the SPD's leadership in Saxony under chairman

Martin Dulig Martin Dulig (born 26 February 1974) is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Until 20 December 2019 he has been the Saxony, Saxon State Minister of Labor and Traffic and Deputy Minister President of Saxony in the ...

. In September 2019, Kolbe announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from national politics by the end of the parliamentary term.Leipziger SPD-Abgeordnete: Kolbe macht Schluss mit Bundestag
'' Bild'', October 10, 2020.

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Bundestag biography
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