Susanne Kathrin Michel (née Bischof; born 17 April 1963) is a German trade unionist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a Member of the German Bundestag for Saxony since 2021.[1]

Kathrin Michel
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Member of the Bundestag for Saxony
Assumed office
26 September 2021
Personal details
Born (1963-04-17) 17 April 1963 (age 61)
Forst, East Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materTechnical University of Dortmund

Early career edit

From 1983 to 2021, Michel worked for BASF in Schwarzheide.[2]

Political career edit

Since October 2021, Michel has been co-chairing the SPD in Saxony, alongside Henning Homann.[3]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Michel was part of her party's delegation in the working group on climate protection and energy policy, co-chaired by Matthias Miersch, Oliver Krischer and Lukas Köhler.[4] In the election she unsuccessfully contested Bautzen I.

In parliament, Michel has since been serving on the Budget Committee and its Subcommittee on European Affairs.[5]

Other activities edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag – Kathrin Michel". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ Kathrin Michel Bundestag.
  3. ^ SPD in Sachsen: Michel und Homann sind neue Doppelspitze Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, 9 October 2021.
  4. ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP[permanent dead link] Deutschlandfunk, 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ Kathrin Michel Bundestag.
  6. ^ Board of Trusteees German Foundation for Active Citizenship and Volunteering (DSEE).
  7. ^ Kathrin Michel Bundestag.