Sandra Detzer (born 21 April 1980) is a German politician of the

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

who has been serving as

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since the

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, representing the

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is ...

district.

Early life and education

Detzer was born in Munich as the daughter of a dentist and a teacher and graduated from high school there in 1999. She then studied political science and economics at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

from 1999 to 2005. From 2006 to 2010, she completed her doctorate at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

on the topic of fiscal decentralization in Germany's federal states. She subsequently worked as a research assistant to Uwe Wagschal on the topic of the consolidation of

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Early career

From 2011 until 2016, Detzer worked as advisor on financial and economic policy to the Green Party's

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at the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg.

Political career

Career in state politics

From 2016 to 2021, Detzer co-chaired the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg, alongside Oliver Hildenbrand. Under her leadership, the board decided on the expulsion of

Boris Palmer Boris Erasmus Palmer (born 28 May 1972) is a German politician and former member of the Green Party. He has been mayor of Tübingen since January 2007. From March 2001 to May 2007, he was a member of the Baden-Württemberg Landtag, the State pa ...

from the party in 2021. In the negotiations to form a

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under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

Winfried Kretschmann Winfried Kretschmann (born 17 May 1948) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg since 2011. A member of the Alliance '90/Greens, he was President of the Bundesrat and ''ex officio'' deputy to the President of G ...

following the 2021 state elections, Detzer led her party's delegation in the working group on climate, environmental policy and energy; her co-chair from the CDU was

Andreas Jung Andreas Jung (born 13 May 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2005. Since 2022, Jung has been one of five d ...

Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

In parliament, Detzer has been serving on the Finance Committee and the Committee on Economic Affairs since 2021. Since 2023, she has been her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for economic affairs.

Other activities

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board (since 2022)Members of the Advisory Board
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA)

References

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