Bärbel Kofler | |
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 Kofler in 2019 | |
| Federal Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance | |
| In office March 2016 – December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Frank-Walter Steinmeier Sigmar Gabriel Heiko Maas |
| Preceded by | Christoph Strässer |
| Succeeded by | Luise Amtsberg |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-05-24)24 May 1967 (age 58) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | |
Bärbel Kofler (born 24 May 1967) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a member of theBundestag from the state ofBavaria since 2004.[1]
In addition to her parliamentary work, Kofler has been serving asParliamentary State Secretary in theFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in the governments of successiveChancellorsOlaf Scholz andFriedrich Merz since 2021.[2][3] From 2016 until 2021, she served as Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at theFederal Foreign Office in thegovernment ofChancellorAngela Merkel.[4]
On 21 September 2004 Kofler moved to the Bundestag to replace the late Hans Büttner, representing theBerchtesgadener Land andTraunstein districts.[5]
In parliament, Kofler has been a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs since 2009. She has also served on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development (2005–2016); the Sub-Committee on the United Nations (2006–2009); theCommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (2004–2005); and the Finance Committee (2004–2005).[6] In addition to her committee assignments, she chaired the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2006 until 2013.
Within the SPD parliamentary group, Kofler belongs to theParliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[7]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and the SPD under the leadership ofChancellorAngela Merkel following the2013 elections, Kofler was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on the environment and agriculture, led byKatherina Reiche andUte Vogt. In similar negotiations following the2017 federal elections, she was part of the working group on foreign policy, led byUrsula von der Leyen,Gerd Müller andSigmar Gabriel.
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of the SPD, theGreen Party and theFree Democratic Party (FDP) following the2021 federal elections, Kofler was again part of her party's delegation in the working group on foreign policy, defence, development cooperation and human rights, this time co-chaired byHeiko Maas,Omid Nouripour andAlexander Graf Lambsdorff.[8]
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