Katrin Budde Explained

Katrin Budde
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:2017
Birth Date:1965 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Magdeburg, East Germany
Party:SPD
Nationality:German
Alma Mater:Technical University Magdeburg

Katrin Budde (born 13 April 1965) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2017.[1]

Early life and career

After graduating from high school in 1983, Budde started an internship at the former VEB Schwermaschinenbau Karl Liebknecht in Magdeburg. From 1984 to 1989, she studied at the Technical University Magdeburg (from 1987 Technical University), where she graduated as an engineer for work design. Subsequently, she worked as a research assistant at VEB FER (research, development, rationalisation) until 1990.

Political career

Career in state politics

From 1990 to 2017 Budde was a member of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. From 2009[2] to 2016, she also served as chairwoman of the SPD in Saxony-Anhalt; she resigned from that position following the party's defeat in the 2016 state elections.[3]

Budde co-chaired the SPD’s national conventions in Berlin (2011)[4] Hanover (2012)[5] and Augsburg (2013).[6]

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–present

Budde became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing the Mansfeld district.[7] She has been the chairwoman of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Media[8] and a member of the Defense Committee. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been serving as deputy chairwoman of the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Ahead of the 2021 elections, the SPD’s leadership in Saxony-Anhalt selected Budde to lead the party’s campaign; at a party convention, however, Karamba Diaby was elected to spearhead the campaign, with Budde only coming second.[9]

Within the SPD parliamentary group, Budde belonged to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement, before moving to the Seeheim Circle in 2022.[10]

In July 2024, Budde announced that she would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[11]

Other activities

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katrin Budde Abgeordnetenwatch. www.abgeordnetenwatch.de. de. 2020-03-19.
  2. https://www.welt.de/politik/article4915797/SPD-Vorstand-Sachsen-Anhalt-beschliesst-Ruecktritt.html Neuanfang: SPD-Vorstand Sachsen-Anhalt beschließt Rücktritt
  3. Kai Portmann, Christian Tretbar, Benedikt Voigt, Robert Klages and Helena Wittlich (March 14, 2016), Nach den Landtagswahlen: Rücktritte in Sachsen-Anhalt - erste Koalitionsgespräche angekündigt Der Tagesspiegel.
  4. https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/2011_bpt_berlin_protokoll.pdf Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2011, Berlin
  5. https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/2012_bpt_hannover_protokoll.pdf Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages der SPD, 9. Dezember 2012
  6. https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/2013_bpt_augsburg_protokoll.pdf Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2013, Augsburg
  7. Web site: Katrin Budde, MdB. 2017-09-25. SPD-Bundestagsfraktion. de. 2020-03-19.
  8. Web site: German Bundestag - Cultural and Media Affairs. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-19.
  9. Luca Deutschländer (20 February 2021), Landesliste beschlossen: SPD-Delegierte schicken Diaby auf Platz 1 für die Bundestagswahl ins Rennen Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk.
  10. Veit Medick and Christian Teevs (15 December 2022), Zulauf für konservativen Flügel: In der SPD kippt die Macht Der Spiegel.
  11. Hagen Eichler (5 July 2024), Fast 35 Jahre als Abgeordnete: Warum frühere SPD-Landeschefin Katrin Budde ihre politische Karriere beendet Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.
  12. https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw41-de-wahlen-912996 Wahlen zu Gremien
  13. https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/stiftung/gremien Foundation Bodies