Christine Lucyga
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Christine Lucyga (born 6 April 1944) is a German politician of the
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(SPD) and former member of the
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(March–October 1990) and the
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(1990–2005). Lucyga was born in Kolberg,
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(today Kołobrzeg,
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) and grew up in
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, East Germany after her hometown became part of Poland after World War II. She studied Slavonic and Spanish studies at the
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and made her doctorate on literature of
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in 1980. Between 1969 and 1989 she worked as a teacher of foreign languages at the nautical school at
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and the Rostock University. In September 1989 Lucyga joined the opposition party
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and in late 1989 the
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. She was elected as the
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delegate of Rostock in the first free election in East Germany in March 1990 and became a member of the German Bundestag after the reunification of Germany in October 1990. Lucyga was reelected in 1994, 1998, 2002 and abandoned to candidate in 2005.


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biography on Bundestag.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucyga, Christine 1944 births Living people People from Kołobrzeg Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994 Members of the Bundestag 1987–1990 Female members of the Bundestag University of Rostock alumni Members of the Volkskammer Female members of the Volkskammer 20th-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany 21st-century German women politicians