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Kerstin Kassner

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Kerstin Kassner
Kerstin Kassner in 2020
District Administrator of Rügen
In office
16 September 2001 – 4 September 2011
Preceded byKarin Timmel
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Ralf Drescher (as District Administrator of Vorpommern-Rügen)
Member of the Bundestag
for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Assumed office
22 October 2013
ConstituencyThe Left List
Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
In office
26 October 1990 – 13 November 2001
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKarin Schmidt
ConstituencyThe Left List
Member of the Volkskammer
for Rostock
In office
5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1958-01-07) 7 January 1958 (age 66)
Radebeul, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyThe Left

Kerstin Kassner (born 7 January 1958) is a German politician. Born in Radebeul in the Bezirk Dresden of East Germany, she represents The Left. Kerstin Kassner has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 2013.[1]

Life

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Kerstin Kassner grew up on the island of Rügen and learned the profession of a waitress after finishing school. In 1981 she became restaurant manager at the FDGB holiday service in Binz. She completed a distance learning course, which she began at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management during this time, as a graduate economist in the hotel and restaurant industry. Afterwards she continued to work in various positions for the FDGB-Feriendienst and managed a hotel until 1991. After completing her holiday service, she became self-employed and ran her own pension at Putgarten from 1992 to 2018. From 2001 till 2011 she was District Administrator of the Rügen district in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. She became member of the bundestag after the 2013 German federal election.[2] She is a member of the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Petitions.[3][4] In her parliamentary group, Kassner is parliamentary manager.[5] She is spokesperson for tourism policy and local politics.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Kerstin Kassner | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Profil". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag - Tourism". German Bundestag. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "German Bundestag - Petitions". German Bundestag. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Vorstand". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "SprecherInnen". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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