| Simone Barrientos | |
| Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
| Term Start: | 2017 |
| Term End: | 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 1963 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Eisleben, East Germany |
| Party: | The Left |
| Nationality: | German |
Simone Barrientos (born 5 October 1963) is a German politician. Born in Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt, she represents The Left. Simone Barrientos has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2017 until 2021.[1]
Barrientos grew up in Neustrelitz as the child of a single mother who was a dancer with the folklore ensemble of the GDR and the Friedrich-Wolf-Theater in Neustrelitz. She was also looked after in state nurseries and in a Catholic children's home. After attending school, she first learned the profession of an industrial electrician at the Deutsche Reichsbahn. At the age of 17 she gave birth to a son whose father had left for the "West". She completed a further apprenticeship as a commercial advertiser. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in the GDR, she worked in various sectors until 2008: as a draftswoman, interpreter, in a casting office and in film production. From 2008 to 2017, she managed the publishing house Kulturmaschinen. She became member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election,[2] where she was a member of the Committee for Culture and Media.[3] She was also the spokesperson for cultural policy for her parliamentary group.[4]