Daniela Kolbe

Daniela Kolbe (born 22 February 1980) is a German physicist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony since 2009.[1]

Daniela Kolbe
Daniela Kolbe in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1980-02-22) 22 February 1980
Schleiz, East Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig

Political career

Kolbe first became member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election, representing the Leipzig I district.[2] In parliament, she first served on the Committee on Internal Affairs from 2009 until 2013. Since 2014, she has since been serving on the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs.[3] Within her parliamentary group, she chaired the caucus of MPs from Germany's Eastern states from 2013 until 2015. Since 2014, she has been part of the SPD's leadership in Saxony under chairman Martin Dulig.

In September 2019, Kolbe announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from national politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[4][5]

References
  1. "Daniela Kolbe | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. "Daniela Kolbe (Leipzig), MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 27 June 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. "German Bundestag – Labour and Social Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. Will die SPD Daniela Kolbe ins Leipziger Rathaus holen? Leipziger Volkszeitung, September 3, 2020.
  5. Leipziger SPD-Abgeordnete: Kolbe macht Schluss mit Bundestag Bild, October 10, 2020.


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