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Brunhilde Irber née Klessinger (born 27 July 1948 in Pleinting,Vilshofen an der Donau) is a German politician (SPD).
AfterMittlere Reife in 1964, Brunhilde Irber initially began an apprenticeship as a child carer and housekeeper, but then moved to theDistrict Office in 1965.Vilshofen, where she trained as an administrative assistant. She worked in this profession at the Vilshofen district office until 1968, at theOsterhofen district hospital from 1968 to 1970 and at the town of Osterhofen from 1970 to 1992. From 1982 to 1991, she was head of the culture and tourism office. In 1992, she began training as a foreign language correspondent, which she completed in 1994.
Brunhilde Irber is married and has one son.
She has been a member of the SPD since 1971 and was chairwoman of the SPD district associationDeggendorf from 1990 to 1993. From 1993 until 2009 she was chairwoman of the SPD sub-district Deggendorf/Freyung-Grafenau and since 2000 also of the SPD districtNiederbayern.
Brunhilde Irber was a member of thedistrict council of the district of Deggendorf from 1978 to 2005 and of the town council of Osterhofen from 1990 to 2005.
From 1994 to 2009 she was amember of the German Bundestag. She was a member of the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. From November 1998 to January 2005, Brunhilde Irber was spokesperson for the SPDBundestag parliamentary group's working group on tourism. She is also the SPD parliamentary group's spokesperson on Africa policy. Since January 2005, she has been deputy chair of the Committee on Tourism. From December 2005 to mid-2007, she was a member of the executive committee of the SPD parliamentary group. On 29 June 2004, she was the addressee of aletter bomb fromJohann Lang. However, the explosive device was discovered before the letter was opened and did not detonate.
Brunhilde Irber has always been elected via theState ListBavaria to theBundestag. Herconstituency wasDeggendorf.
Brunhilde Irber is a founding member of theParliamentary Group for Free-Flowing Rivers.
From 1996 to 2002 she was second mayor in the town of Osterhofen.
