Stephanie Aeffner

German politician
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Stephanie Aeffner
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1976-04-29) 29 April 1976 (age 47)
Donaueschingen, West Germany
Political partyGreens

Stephanie Aeffner (born 29 April 1976) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the German Bundestag since 2021.

Early life

Aeffner hails from Frankfurt.

Medical career

In 2000 Aeffner began studying social pedagogy at the Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences, which she completed in 2006 as a qualified social worker. After working as a temporary worker in outpatient nursing, she worked from 2006 to 2009 as a quality manager in the Clinic for Surgery at the University Hospital Mannheim.

Political career

In the 2021 German federal election, Aeffner contested Pforzheim.[1] She came in fourth place, but was elected to the Bundestag on the state list.[2] In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), she was part of her party's delegation in the working group on social policy, co-chaired by Dagmar Schmidt, Sven Lehmann and Johannes Vogel.[3]

In parliament, Aeffner has since been serving on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.[4]

Personal life

Aeffner has been dependent on a wheelchair since 1999.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ergebnisse Pforzheim - Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Gewählte in Landeslisten der Parteien in Baden-Württemberg - Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  4. ^ Helmut Kleebank leitet den Beirat für nachhaltige Entwicklung Bundestag, press release of 16 March 2022.
  5. ^ Germany, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart. "Behindertenbeauftragte für Baden-Württemberg: Rollstuhl – na und?". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)