Natascha Kohnen (born 27 October 1967) is a German politician of the

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who has been a member of the

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since 2009. From 2017 until 2021, she served as chairwoman of the

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Political career

Kohnen has been a member of the SPD since 2001; from 2003 to 2009 she was the chairwoman of the Neubiberg SPD, where she formed part of the municipal council, and until 2009 sub-district deputy chairwoman of the party of the Munich district.''Curriculum vitae''.
Official website of Natascha Kohnen. At the 2009

state convention in Weiden she was selected the Secretary General in

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. From 2013 to 2015 she was the chairwoman of the party in the district of Munich, and since December 2015 she is on the federal executive committee of the SPD. In a member survey of the election of the regional chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in Bavaria in the spring of 2017 Kohnen was suggested by her predecessor

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, reaching 53.8% of the vote. At the party congress on 20 May 2017, she was elected with 88.3% of the delegate votes for state leaders of the

in Bavaria. In the Bavarian state election in 2008, Kohnen was elected for the constituency of Upper Bavaria and since 20 October 2008 is a member of the Bavarian state parliament, where she has been a member of the Committee on Environment and Health (2008-2013) and the Committee on Economic Affairs (since 2013). From 2011 to 2013 she was also deputy leader of the SPD group in the

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. In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor

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following the 2017 federal elections, Kohnen co-chaired the working group on urban development; her counterparts were Bernd Althusmann and Kurt Gribl.

Other activities

* Bavarian Broadcasting (BR), Member of the Broadcasting Council (since 2018) * Georg von Vollmar Academy, Member of the BoardBoard
Georg von Vollmar Academy. *

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, Member

Personal life

Kohnen was born in

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, and grew up in the

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district. In 1987 she graduated from high school, subsequently studying biology at the

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from 1987 to 1992. From 1994 to 2002 she worked as a freelance lecturer in the field of natural sciences at the Oldenbourg Verlag in Munich; during that time, she also lived in

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for two years. Since 2001 Kohnen runs her own editorial office with freelancers. She has two children.

External links

Website of the Landtag of Bavaria
(in German)
Official website
(in German)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kohnen, Natascha 1967 births Living people Politicians from Munich Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Members of the Landtag of Bavaria Women members of State Parliaments in Germany 20th-century German women politicians 21st-century German women politicians