Susanne Schaper (born 17 January 1978 in

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) is a German politician from

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. She is an elected member of the

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Life

Schaper's parents were both members of the

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(SED), and has faced discrimination because of this fact. From 1994, she completed vocational training as a nurse and is working in her profession. From 2011 to 2018, she studied nursing management alongside her job. As a nurse, she regularly takes part in excursions to

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with the DEVIEMED association, which operates on children with malformations there. Schaper lives in Chemnitz, is married and has three children.

Political career

In 1994, Susanne Schaper became a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and has since held various offices within and the Chemnitz city association. In 2009, she was elected to the Chemnitz city council for the first time. Since the 2014 local elections, she has been the parliamentary group leader of the Left Party city council group. In the

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, she won a mandate via the state list, but with 30.0 percent, no direct mandate. In the

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, she received 19.0 percent of the direct votes in her constituency and again received her mandate via the

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. As a member of the state parliament, Susanne Schaper is chairwoman of the Committee for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion and a member of the Evaluation Committee. She is also the spokesperson for the Left Party in the Saxon state parliament for social and health policy, animal welfare, care, rescue services, family and the labor market. She was also deputy chairwoman of the nursing inquiry and a member of the presidium of the

. In November 2016, Schaper had to leave her office because there had been an increase in probably politically motivated attacks in the previous months, such as stone throwing or swastika graffiti. Since November 2019, Schaper has been co-chair of the state association of together with . n February 2020, Susanne Schaper was confirmed as a candidate for the 2020 mayoral election in Chemnitz by a general meeting of the Chemnitz Left Party . Schaper lost the mayoral election to her competitors Sven Schulze (SPD) and Almut Patt (CDU). Schaper then applied for the position of social mayor and was shortlisted. However, she was unable to prevail against the candidate favoured by the CDU, FDP, AfD and Pro Chemnitz, who was subsequently rejected by the incumbent mayor Sven Schulze. Since November 2021, the office has been filled by Dagmar Ruscheinsky, who won in a second round of voting. At a state party conference of the Saxon Left in November 2023, Schaper was elected together with as the top duo for the

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Wahlergebnis der Landtagswahl Sachsen 2014

Wahlergebnis der Landtagswahl Sachsen 2019

Susanne Schaper bei der Linksfraktion Sachsen

Susanne Schaper bei der Fraktionsgemeinschaft Die Linke/DIE PARTEI im Chemnitzer Stadtrat
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References

Living people 1978 births Politicians from Chemnitz Members of the Landtag of Saxony Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) politicians Die Linke politicians 21st-century German women politicians German nurses