Kersten Artus (née Westphal, born April 1, 1964) is a German journalist and politician.
She is a member of
The Left and a member of the
Hamburg Parliament.
Life
Kersten Artus was born in
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
. She moved to
Hamburg in 1982 and worked as a
Merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
and
Documentalist. In 1998 she became
editor
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...
in
Bauer Media Group. Since 1893 she has been a member of
Works councils within the Bauer Media Group and chairwoman since 1994. She is member of
Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft
(''Verdi'' (stylized as ''ver.di''; vɛʁdiː; German: ''United Services Trade Union'') is a German trade union based in Berlin, Germany. It was established on 19 March 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and is a m ...
.
Karsten Artus started her political career in the German ''Schülerbewegung'' (pupil's movement) in Bremen and in the
Peace movement. She was a member of the
Socialist German Workers Youth
Socialist German Workers Youth (german: Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterjugend, abbreviated SDAJ) is a political youth organization in Germany. It is a Marxist–Leninist organization and related to the Deutsche Kommunistische Partei (German Co ...
and a member of the
German Communist Party from 1983 to 1989. In the 1990. she was a member of the
Party of Democratic Socialism for two years. She became a member of
The Left. In the
Hamburg state election 2008 she was elected to the
Hamburg Parliament.
References
External links
Kersten Artus' website(German)
Kersten Artus on Hamburg Parliament's website(German)
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1964 births
Living people
Politicians from Bremen (city)
German Communist Party politicians
Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) politicians
The Left (Germany) politicians
21st-century German politicians
Members of the Hamburg Parliament
German journalists