Kirsten Tackmann

Kirsten Tackmann (born 24 September 1960) is a German politician. Born in Schmalkalden, Thuringia, she represents The Left. Kirsten Tackmann has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2005.[1]

Kirsten Tackmann
Kirsten Tackmann in 2018
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born (1960-09-24) 24 September 1960
Schmalkalden, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyThe Left
Children2

Life

After visiting the POS Georg Schumann in Berlin-Lichtenberg, Kirsten Tackmann completed an apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant with A-levels at VEB Berlin-Chemie from 1977 to 1980. She then began studying veterinary medicine at the Humboldt University of Berlin, which she completed in 1986 with a license to practice veterinary medicine. Kirsten Tackmann then became a research assistant at the State Institute for Epizootiology and Epizootic Disease Research, where she is still employed today by its successor, the Federal Research Institute for Animal Viral Diseases. In 1993, she received her doctorate (Dr. med. vet.) from the Humboldt University of Berlin with a thesis on the immune response to Cysticercus bovis infestation under experimental and natural pathogen exposure with special emphasis on serological diagnostics using ELISA. She became member of the bundestag after the 2005 German federal election.[2] She is a member of the Committee for Food and Agriculture.[3]

References
  1. "Kirsten Tackmann | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  2. Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Profil". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  3. "German Bundestag - Food and Agriculture". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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