Katja Mast (born 4 February 1971) is a German politician of the
SPD who has been serving as a member of the
Bundestag from the state of
Baden-Württemberg since 2005.
Early career
Before entering politics, Mast worked in
human resources at
Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
from 2003 to 2005.
Political career
Early beginnings
Mast joined the SPD in 1993.
Member of the German Parliament, 2005–present
Mast became a member of the Bundestag in the
2005 German federal election
Federal elections were held in Germany on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th Bundestag. The snap election was called after the government's defeat in a state election, which caused them to intentionally lose a motion of confide ...
, representing the
Pforzheim district. From 2005 to 2017, she served on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. From 2017 until 2021, she served as one of her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of successive chairs
Andrea Nahles (2017–2019) and
Rolf Mützenich (2019–2021). Since 2022, Mast she has been the group's
chief whip
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and – in this capacity – has been serving on the Mediation Committee as well as the Committee on the Election of Judges (''Wahlausschuss''), which is in charge of appointing judges to the
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
In addition to her parliamentary work, Mast served as secretary general of the SPD in
Baden-Württemberg from 2011 to 2016, under the leadership of chairman
Nils Schmid
Nils Schmid (born 11 July 1973, Trier) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2018, he has been the SPD parliamentary group's spokesperson for foreign affairs in the German Bundestag.
Early life and educ ...
.
In the negotiations to form a so-called
traffic light coalition of the SPD, the
Green Party and the
Free Democrats (FDP) following the
2021 German elections, Mast was part of her party's delegation in the working group on
social policy
Social policy is a plan or action of government or institutional agencies which aim to improve or reform society.
Some professionals and universities consider social policy a subset of public policy, while other practitioners characterize soci ...
, co-chaired by
Dagmar Schmidt,
Sven Lehmann
Sven Lehmann (born 14 December 1979) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
In addition to his parliamentary work, Lehmann has be ...
and
Johannes Vogel.
Other activities
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IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE), Member
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Railway and Transport Union (EVG), Member
Katja Mast
Bundestag.
References
External links
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Bundestag biography
1971 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg
Female members of the Bundestag
21st-century German women politicians
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
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