Katrin Budde

Katrin Budde
Katrin Budde
	Katrin Budde in 2020
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2017
Personal details
Born	13 April 1965 (age 59); Magdeburg, East Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	SPD

Katrin Budde (born 13 April 1965) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2017.^[1]

Early life and career

After graduating from high school in 1983, Budde started an internship at the former VEB Schwermaschinenbau Karl Liebknecht in Magdeburg. From 1984 to 1989, she studied at the Technical University of Magdeburg (from 1987 Technical University), where she graduated as an engineer for work design. Subsequently, she worked as a research assistant at VEB FER (research, development, rationalisation) until 1990.

Political career

From 1990 to 2017 Budde was a member of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.

Budde became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.^[2] She is a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Media.^[3]

Other activities

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)

References

^ "Katrin Budde | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-19.
^ "Katrin Budde, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
^ "German Bundestag - Cultural and Media Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-19.