Ulrike Renate Martina Bahr (; born 25 April 1964) is a German politician of the

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(SPD) and since 2013 MP in the

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. She belongs to the left party wing of the SPD, the Parliamentary Left (''

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''). Between 2018 and 2019, she was one of the members of the SPD parliamentary group who voted most often against the party line.

Early career

Bahr was born in

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, but grew up in

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and attended the local primary school, where her father worked as a teacher, from 1970 to 1974. In 1974 she moved to the Theodor Heuss High School in

, where she graduated in 1983. She then studied English, history, German and music at the

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to become a secondary school teacher. In 1989 she obtained the first state examination and became a trainee teacher in Wemding. She graduated in 1991 with the Second State Examination. Bahr worked as a secondary school teacher in Monheim and Wemding. From 1993 she was employed at various schools in Augsburg as a teacher.Ulrike Bahr, SPD
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Political career

Career in local politics

In 1986, Bahr became a member of the SPD. From 2002 to 2012 she sat in the city council of

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. From 2009 to 2012 she was the chairwoman of the SPD Ortsverein (local association) Jakobervorstadt/Bleich. She also was elected chairwoman of the SPD Augsburg.

Member of Parliament, 2013–present

In 2012, Bahr stood as a candidate for the Bundestag. She announced that she would give up her mandate in the city council after a successful election, as she sought no double mandate. Since 2013, she has been deputy chairwoman of the SPD

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. In

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, Bahr ran for the Bundestag in the constituency of Augsburg-Stadt and was elected via the list of her party. In parliament, she has since been a member of the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, where she is her parliamentary group's

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on children, adolescents, and

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. In addition, she was a member of the Subcommittee on Citizenship and the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since the

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, Bahr has been chairing the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Within the SPD parliamentary group, Bahr belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.

Other activities

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, member of the board of trustees Board of Trustees

. * swa Netze GmbH, member of the supervisory board (-2014) * Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), member

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bahr, Ulrike 21st-century German women politicians Living people 1964 births Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria People from Nördlingen Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Female members of the Bundestag Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany