Leni Breymaier

Leni Breymaier (born 26 April 1960)[1] is a German politician for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Leni Breymaier
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1960-04-26) 26 April 1960
Ulm, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political party German:
Social Democratic Party
 EU:
Party of European Socialists

Life and political career

Breymaier was born in 1960 in Ulm and became an SPD member in 1982.[1]

From 2016 until 2018, Breymaier served as chairwoman of the SPD in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, succeeding Nils Schmid.[2]

Breymaier has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections, elected on the SPD party list for Baden-Württemberg.[1] In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the elections, she was part of the working group on municipalities and rural areas, led by Reiner Haseloff, Kurt Gribl and Michael Groschek.

Breymaier has since been serving on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, where she is her parliamentary group's rapporteur on demographic transition, pensions, and forced prostitution.[1]

In addition to her committee assignment, Breymaier is a member of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group. Within the SPD parliamentary group, she belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[3]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

Since 1986, Breymaier has been living in Eislingen.

References
  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Leni Breymaier". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  2. Zeitung, Badische. "Parteilinke Breymaier will Südwest-SPD aus der Krise führen - Südwest - Badische Zeitung". www.badische-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  3. Members Parlamentarische Linke.
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