Edith Sitzmann
Edith Sitzmann (born 4 January 1963, Regensburg) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg since August 2017. She has also been a member of the State Parliament, representing the Freiburg II constituency. From 2011 to 2016, she led the Green Party's Group in the State Parliament.
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Sitzmann in 2016 | |
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg | |
Assumed office August 2002 | |
Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg | |
Assumed office May 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Regensburg | January 4, 1963
Nationality | German |
Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Early life and education
Sitzmann was born on 4 January 1963 in Regensburg. She studied the humanities at the University of Freiburg, University of Regensburg, and Heidelberg University. Sitzmann earned a magister degree in 1989, then began working until 1991 as a tour guide for American exchange students.
Political career
Sitzmann joined the Alliance 90/The Greens party. From 1993 to 2001, she was a personal friend of and adviser to Dieter Salomon, a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. From 1994, she also worked as a freelance presenter and consultant for non-profit organizations until 2001, when she started her own business. In that time, Sitzmann also joined the district board of Alliance 90/The Greens from 1993 to 1994, and then the party's state board from 1995 to 1999.
In May 2016, Sitzmann was appointed State Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg. She announced in 2020 that she would not stand for reelection in the 2021 state elections.[1]
Other activities
Corporate boards
Non-profit organizations
Citations
- Krauß, Bärbel; Rebhan, Christiane (23 January 2020). "Warum Edith Sitzmann und Franz Untersteller sich zurückziehen". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- Supervisory Board EnBW.
- Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.
- Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
- Edith Sitzmann Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
- Edith Sitzmann Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.