Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
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After Krehl received her diploma from German secondary school in 1975 in Leipzig, she studied at the Technische Universität Dresden (Technical University Dresden) and graduated in computer science in 1980.
Political career
* 1999-2005: Member of the SPD federal executive board
* 1999-2004: Regional Chair of the SPD Saxony
* 1996-1999: Regional Vice-Chair of the SPD Saxony
* February 1991 - June 1994: Observer of the European Parliament
* October - December 1990: Member of the "Deutscher Bundestag" (German Parliament)
* March - October 1990: Member of the "Volkskammer" (GDR People's Assembly)
Member of the European Parliament, 2004-2022
From 2004 to 2022, Krehl was a member of the Committee on Regional Development. She was also a member of the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. Until 2004 she was a Member of the
Committee on Budgets The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 41 members plus 39 substitute members. The committee's current chair is Jean Arthuis, who has held this position since 7 July 2014.Russia from 1994 until 1997 and as chairwoman of the Delegation to EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee from 1997 to 1999 and 1999–2002. She also served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.
In the negotiations to form a
coalition government
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under the leadership of
Chancellor
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Peter Altmaier
Peter Altmaier (born 18 June 1958) is a German lawyer and CDU politician who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as Federal Mi ...
,
Alexander Dobrindt
Alexander Dobrindt (born 7 June 1970) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU). Between 2013 and 2017, he served as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the government of Chancellor Angela Mer ...
and
Achim Post
Achim Post (born 2 May 1959) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.
Political career
Post became a member of the Bundes ...
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In 2022, Krehl announced that she would not stand in the 2024 elections but instead resign from active politics; she was succeeded by
Matthias Ecke
Matthias Ecke (born 12 April 1983) is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party since 2022.
References
See also
* List of members of the European Parliament for Germany, ...
Leipziger Volkszeitung
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IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
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History and structure
The IG BCE was created in 1997 from the merger of the Chem ...
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Socialist Youth of Germany – Falcons
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Recognition
In 1998 Krehl was awarded the
Federal Cross of Merit
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