Dorothee Martin Explained

Dorothee Martin
Office:Member of the German Bundestag
Term Start:May 2020
Predecessor:Christoph Ploß
Constituency:Hamburg-Nord
Birth Date:1978 1, df=y
Birth Place:Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Party:Social Democratic Party

Dorothee Martin (born 21 January 1978) is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2020, representing the Hamburg-Nord district.

Early life and education

Martin was born 1978 in the West German town of Kaiserslautern and studied political sciences and law at the University of Hamburg.[1]

Political career

Martin entered the SPD in 1998 and was from 2011 to 2020 a member of the Hamburg Parliament, the unicameral legislature of the federal city state of Hamburg.[2]

In May 2020 Martin was the replacement after the recession of Johannes Kahrs as member of the Bundestag.[3] She was elected in the constituency of Hamburg-Nord at the 2021 German federal election.

Since the 2021 elections, Martin has been serving as her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for transport.[4]

Other activities

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hasse. Marc. 2018-02-06. Dorothee Martin will Bezirksamtsleiterin werden. 2020-07-06. abendblatt.de. de.
  2. Web site: NDR. Diese Abgeordneten wurden in die Bürgerschaft gewählt. 2020-07-06. www.ndr.de. de.
  3. Web site: Persönliche Erklärung: Ich nehme das Mandat an – Dorothee Martin. 2020-07-06. de-DE.
  4. Jonas Jordan (17 December 2021), SPD-Fraktion: Das sind die Sprecher*innen der Ausschussarbeitsgruppen Vorwärts.
  5. Markus Balser (10 May 2022), Aufsichtsrat: Hofreiter geht auch bei der Bahn leer aus Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  6. https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw12-de-parl-kontrollgremium-885558 Bundestag setzt Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ein