Leni Breymaier (born 26 April 1960) is a German politician of the

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

(SPD).

Life and political career

Breymaier was born in 1960 in Ulm and became an SPD member in 1982. From 2016 until 2018, Breymaier served as chairwoman of the SPD in the federal state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

, succeeding Nils Schmid.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present

Breymaier has been a member of the German

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since the

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, elected on the SPD party list for

. In the negotiations to form a

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under the leadership of

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Angela Merkel following the elections, she was part of the working group on municipalities and rural areas, led by Reiner Haseloff,

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and

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. Breymaier has since been serving on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, where she is her parliamentary group's rapporteur on

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, pensions, and forced prostitution. In 2019, she initiated a cross-party working group in support of a ban on

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. Since the 2021 elections, Breymaier has been serving as her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for family affairs, senior citizens, women and youth. Since 2022, she has also been serving on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the

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(BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG). That same year, she joined the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work, co-chaired by

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and

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Breymaier is a member of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group. Within the SPD parliamentary group, she belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement. In the negotiations to form a

between the SPD, the

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and Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Breymaier was part of her party's delegation in the working group on equality, co-chaired by Petra Köpping,

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and Herbert Mertin.Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021)
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'' Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung''.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall AG () is a building society in Germany, active abroad with subsidiaries in Eastern Europe and China. It has more than 10 million customers. Shareholders are the cooperative central bank DZ Bank (96.8 percent) in Fra ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board (-2018) * Barmer, Member of the Supervisory Board (1999-2005, 2008-2010)

Non-profit organizations

Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem The Willy Brandt Centre, Jerusalem (WBC) is a centre intended to allow encounters between German, Israeli and Palestinian Youth. Foundation The vision for founding the WBC was developed in an agreement signed between the German Jusos, the Pales ...

, Member (since 2018) *

Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime The Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime/Federation of Antifascists (German: ''Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes – Bund der Antifaschistinnen und Antifaschisten'') (VVN-BdA) is a German political confederation founded in 1947 ...

(VNN), Member (since 2010) * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member (since 1976)

Personal life

Since 1986, Breymaier has been living in

Eislingen Eislingen () is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Southern Eislingen (Kleineislingen) became a possession Württemberg in 1492 while Northern Eislingen (Großeislingen) was annexed by the Prince-Bishop ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breymaier, Leni 1960 births Living people Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany