Personal
Born 1965 in Münster, single, one child

Education
Legal assistant

Political career

2008 – Joined the party DIE LINKE

2010 – 2011 – Member of the state executive DIE LINKE Bremen

since 2011 – Member of the parliamentary group DIE LINKE in the Bremen State Parliament

since 2011 – Chairwoman of the parliamentary group DIE LINKE in the Bremen Parliament

2011 – 2019 Spokeswoman for Education and the Interior

2015 – 2016 Member of the “Anti-Terror Deployment” investigative committee

2019 – 2023 Senator for Economic Affairs, Labor and Europe

Since 2023 Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation

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