Barbara Saß-Viehweger (née Weyand; born 4 August 1943) is a German

civil law notary Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of contentious jurisdiction, noncontentious private law, private civil law (legal system), civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and gi ...

lawyer A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...

, and

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. She is member of the

Christian Democratic Union of Germany The Christian Democratic Union of Germany ( , CDU ) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major party of the centre-right in German politics. Friedrich Merz has been federal chairman of the CDU since 31 ...

Early life and education

Born in Worbis,

Province of Saxony The Province of Saxony (), also known as Prussian Saxony (), was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg. It was formed by the merger of various territories ceded ...

, Saß-Viehweger grew up in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

where she attended school. She studied jurisprudence in Berlin,

Köln Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

and

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

and finished in 1970 with her Second

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; afterwards she worked as lawyer. From 1980 to 2013 she additionally acted as civil law notary. Based in

Lankwitz Lankwitz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz. History The locality was first mentioned in 1239 with the name of ''Lancovi ...

, she is member of the Roman Catholic parish

Mater Dolorosa (Berlin-Lankwitz) Mater Dolorosa is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic parish and church in Berlin-Lankwitz in Germany. Mater Dolorosa belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin. It is named after Our Lady of Sorrows (Latin: ''mater dolorosa''). Location ...

, where she acts as member of the management board and as member of the council of the independent foundation

Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz The Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz (''Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz Foundation'') is an independent nonprofit foundation (nonprofit), foundation under the civil law of Germany and Berlin based in Lankwitz in the borough Steglitz-Zehlendo ...

.Mitglieder des Stiftungsrats
Stiftung Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz; retrieved 25 October 2015.

Career

She was member of the communal parliament in

Steglitz Steglitz () is a boroughs and localities of Berlin, locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in Southwestern Berlin, the capital of Germany. is derived from the Slavic languages, Slavic name for the European goldfinch, similar to the German . ...

from 1971 to 1975, and member of the

Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin The of Berlin (House of Representatives) () is the state parliament ('' Landtag'') of Berlin, Germany according to the city-state's constitution. In 1993, the parliament moved from Rathaus Schöneberg to its present house on Niederkirchnerst ...

from 1975 (when her name was Barbara Saß) to 1995, and therefore, she was member of the

Landtag A ''Landtag'' (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence ...

for six successive

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periods, always with a direct

mandate Mandate most often refers to: * League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919 * Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate Mandate may also r ...

of her

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. She was mainly engaged in legal and domestic policy, where she was speaker of the

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for many years. Furthermore, she acted in several investigation

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s and she chaired the ''Enquete-Kommission'' (inquiry commission) for the administration reform in Berlin.

References

External links

Barbara Saß-Viehweger profile
mater-dolorosa-lankwitz.de; accessed 26 October 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sass-Viehweger, Barbara Members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians German Roman Catholics 1943 births Living people