Claudia Stamm | |
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![]() Stamm campaigning in 2011 | |
Co-founder ofMut | |
Personal details | |
Born | Claudia Stamm (1970-10-08)8 October 1970 (age 54)[1] Würzburg,Franconia,Bavaria,West Germany |
Political party | Mut (2017–present) |
Other political affiliations | Greens (2009–2017) |
Children | 5 |
Residence | Germany |
Education | Political science atCatholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt,University of Cologne, andUniversity of Salamanca |
Website | http://claudia-stamm.de/ |
Claudia Stamm (born 8 October 1970) is a German politician.
Stamm, born on 8 October 1970 inWürzburg ofBavaria,[1] graduated from theWirsberg-Gymnasium high school in Würzburg in 1990. She spent one year as an exchange student inIllinois, USA. She went on to complete herMaster's inpolitical science specialising inwomen's studies at theEichstätt-Ingolstadt university, then at theUniversity of Cologne, and at theUniversity of Salamanca in Spain.[2] After working for a women's association, she was employed in 1999 byBayerischer Rundfunk as a freelance writer and editor.
On 3 April 2009, Stamm joined the political partyAlliance 90/The Greens and was elected member of theBavarian state parliament.[3] In March 2017, she resigned from the party and carried on her mandate as an independent[4] until October 2018 when she resigned from the state parliament.[5]
In 2017, Stamm became one of the co-founders and chair person of the Mut political party.[6][note 1] Stamm and the Mut party are in alliance withYanis Varoufakis for the2019 European Parliament election.[7]
Claudia Stamm is the daughter of Ludwig Stamm and theChristian Social Union politician and formerstate parliament presidentBarbara Stamm.[8]
She was married to photographer Hajü Staudt, co-founder or the Mut party, until his sudden death in Munich from a heart attack on 30 July 2018, aged 59. They had two daughters and, from Staudt's previous marriage, three stepchildren.[9]