Birgitt Bender

Birgitt "Biggi" Bender (born 28 December 1956 in Düsseldorf) is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.

Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984.

From 1988 to 2001 Bender was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Since 2002 Bender has been a member of the Bundestag in Berlin. She is openly lesbian.[1]

She contested the 2009 election in the Stuttgart II district, but was unsuccessful.

References
  1. Blech, Norbert (19 May 2005). "Acht Homos im neuen Bundestag". www.queer.de (in German). Retrieved 17 September 2007.


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