Maria Ludwiga Michalk (born 6 December 1949) is a German politician. She was a member of the German

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

from 1990 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2017 as a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.

Biography

She was born in Merka in Radibor municipality and attended the local Sorbian

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

. She trained as an industrial clerk and then studied business economics at a technical college. She became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1972. In 1990, she was named to the CDU district council for

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin (), until 1868 ''Budissin'' in German, is a town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the Bautzen (district), district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree (river), Spree river, is the eighth most ...

district. In 1990, she was elected to the

Volkskammer The Volkskammer (, "People's Chamber") was the supreme power organ of East Germany. It was the only branch of government in the state, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs were subservient to it. The Volkskammer was initia ...

. She was subsequently elected to the Bundestag later that year. After leaving the Bundestag in 1994, she managed an education centre in

Bischofswerda Bischofswerda (; ) is a small town in eastern Germany at the western edge of Upper Lusatia in Saxony. Geography The town is located 33 km to the east of Dresden at the edge of the Upper Lusatian mountain country. The town is known as t ...

for seven years. In 2002, she was elected to the Bundestag again. In 2016, she announced that she would not run for reelection to the Bundestag in 2017. Michalk was awarded the Sächsische Verfassungsmedaille and was named to the

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Michalk, Maria 1949 births Living people People from Bautzen (district) Sorbian people Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) politicians Members of the 10th Volkskammer Members of the Bundestag for Saxony Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany