Stephanie Aeffner (born 29 April 1976) is a German politician from

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

who has been serving as a

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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 The University Hospital Mannheim is a maximum care hospital with many specialisations. It currently consists of 21 specialised clinics, all situated on a historic campus in the centre of Mannheim and focuses on interdisciplinary and interprofess ...

Political career

In the

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, Aeffner contested Pforzheim. She came in fourth place, but was elected to the Bundestag on the state list. In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the

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(FDP), she was part of her party's delegation in the working group on

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, co-chaired by Dagmar Schmidt,

Sven Lehmann Sven Lehmann (born 14 December 1979) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017. In addition to his parliamentary work, Lehmann has be ...

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

Personal life

Aeffner has been dependent on a wheelchair since 1999.

References

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