Ingrid Remmers (26 March 1965 – 9 August 2021) was a German politician. She represented The Left and served as a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Common ...

from the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

from 2009 until 2013 and from 2017 until her death in 2021.

Life

Ingrid Remmers was born in Ibbenbüren,

. She attended the Bodelschwingh secondary school in Ibbenbüren. She then trained as an office administrator at a newspaper publisher and then worked as a production assistant at a supplier to the Bochum site of the Opel car company. Remmers began her second educational path at the Comenius College in Mettingen. There Remmers completed her A-levels and then studied social sciences at the Ruhr University in Bochum from 1993 in the field of economics and associations. She was a member of the Bundestag from 2009 to 2013. She became member of the bundestag after the

2017 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democr ...

. She was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Remmers died on 9 August 2021, aged 56.

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Bundestag biography
1965 births 2021 deaths People from Ibbenbüren Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag for The Left {{Germany-Left-politician-stub