| Karin Junker | |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Düsseldorf |
| Occupation: | Politician Author |
| Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Term Start: | 1989 |
| Term End: | 2004 |
Karin Renate Junker (born 1940) is a German politician and author. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004, representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[1] [2] [3]
Karin Junker was born on December 24, 1940, in Düsseldorf.[1] She was politically active in the 1960s student movement, and became a journalist. In 1977 she unsuccessfully challenged Elfriede Hoffmann for the leadership of SPD's women's organization, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialdemokratischer Frauen (ASF).[4]
She entered the European Parliament in 1989.[1] In 1992 she succeeded Inge Wettig-Danielmeier as chair of the ASF.[5]
Papers relating to Junker are held at the Archives of Social Democracy at the Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn.[6]