Heike Hänsel (born 1 January 1966) is a German politician, representing The Left. Born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

, Heike Hänsel served as a member of the

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from the state of

from 2005 to 2021.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1985 at the Gymnasium am Romäusring in Villingen-Schwenningen, Heike Hänsel began studying Catholic theology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. In 1990, she moved to the

Justus Liebig University University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the German speaking world, German-speaking w ...

in Gießen, where she studied ecotrophology, which she completed in 1997 as a graduate ecotrophologist. Hansel has been active in the peace movement since 1988. From 1997 she worked for the Society for the Culture of Peace and was an election observer on behalf of the OSCE. She has been involved in the Attac movement, which is critical of globalization, since 2001. From 2001 to 2003, she was a member of the Attac Germany coordination group and from 2004 to 2005 spokeswoman for the EU-AG of Attac Germany. Heike Hänsel has been a member of the Bundestag since 2005. She is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. She is vice-chairwoman of her parliamentary group and spokeswoman for international relations. She lost her seat at the

2021 German federal election The 2021 German federal election was held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, ...

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