Kordula Schulz-Asche (born 31 December 1956) is a German politician of

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who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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since 2013.

Early life and career

Schulz-Asche was born in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. After graduating from the Lily-Braun-Oberschule in Spandau and training as a nurse with the

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(DRK), she studied communication sciences, history and political science at the

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. From 1986 to 1998 Schulz-Asche lived with her husband, the African economist Helmut Asche, and her daughter in various African countries (Burkina Faso, Rwanda and Kenya). During this time she worked for development organisations in the field of health education. From 2000 to 2003 she worked for the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).

Political career

Career in state politics

From 1983 until 1985, Schulz-Asche was a member of the State Parliament of Berlin. Schulz-Asche later served as a member of the State Parliament of Hesse from 2003 to 2013. In that capacity, she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson for social, demographic, health and disability policy.

Member of the German Parliament, 2013–present

Schulz-Asche first became a member of the Bundestag in the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

. In parliament, Schulz-Asche has since been a member of the Health Committee. In 2022, she also joined the Subcommittee on Global Health. For her parliamentary group she is spokesperson for care policy and for policy on the elderly. In addition to her committee assignments, Schulz-Asche is part of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for the States of

East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical ...

, which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

and

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Schulz-Asche was part of her party's delegation in the working group on health, co-chaired by

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and

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Other activities

* German Africa Foundation, Member of the Board (since 2022) * German Network against Neglected Tropical Diseases (DNTDs), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2018) * German Health Partnership (GHP), Member of the advisory board (since 2017) *

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(DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board * Deutscher Bürgerpreis, Member of the Jury * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

Political positions

Amid the

COVID-19 pandemic in Germany The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. On 27 January 2020, the first case in Germany was confirmed near Munich, Bavaria. By mid February, the arising cluster of cases had been fully containe ...

, Schulz-Asche joined forces with five other parliamentarians –

Gyde Jensen Gyde Jensen (born 14 August 1989 in Rendsburg) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2017. Education and early career Jensen studied En ...

Konstantin Kuhle Konstantin Elias Kuhle (born 11 February 1989) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2017. Since 2023, he has been chairing the ...

Andrew Ullmann Andrew Ullmann (born 2 January 1963) is a German physician and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, Ul ...

Dieter Janecek Dieter Gerald Janecek (born 25 May 1976) is a German politician of the Green Party ( Alliance 90/The Greens) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013. From 2008 to 2014 Janecek was chairman of the Bavarian Green Party. ...

and

Paula Piechotta Paula Louise Piechotta (born 19 September 1986) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and a radiologist. She has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections. Early life and education Piechotta was born 1986 in the East Ge ...

– on a cross-party initiative to support legislation that would require all those who have not had yet been vaccinated to receive counselling before later requiring all adults above 50 years to be vaccinated.Riham Alkousaa (26 January 2022)
German lawmakers debate compulsory COVID shots as infections surge
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References

External links

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Bundestag biography
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