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Dorothée Luise Menzner née Katz (born 14 September 1965 inDarmstadt) is a German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, until 2021Die Linke/PDS). She was state chairwoman of theParty of Democratic Socialism inLower Saxony from 1998 to 2006 and amember of the German Bundestag for her party from 2005 to 2013.
After graduating from high school in 1985, Menzner first completed avoluntary social year in a home for the mentally and multiply disabled and began studyingeconomics at theUniversity of Hanover in 1986. After her intermediate diploma, she changed her subject and began studyingarchitecture, which she completed in 1996 with a degree inengineering.
From 1999 to 2002, Menzner worked for the PDSBundestag and was initially unemployed after leaving theBundestag. From 2003 to 2005, she was self-employed. From 2005 to 2013, Menzner was aMember of the German Bundestag. Since 2012, she has worked as a freelancepublicist andfilm producer. In 2012, she produced the filmHibakusha - Journey to the Island of Happiness about Japan one year after the Fukushima disaster.[1]
After herBundestag mandate, Menzner became self-employed as a legal counselor. From 2015 to 2018, she studied part-time again and graduated with a bachelor's degree in "Care and Guardianship" in November 2018.
Menzner is widowed and has one son.
In her youth, Menzner was primarily involved in church youth and disability work. In 1994 she became a member of the PDS.
From 1995 to 1998 she was a member of the PDS district executive committee in Hanover and also of the federalparty council from 1995 to 1996. From 1997 to 2000, 2002 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2006, she was a member of the federal executive of the PDS. From 2003 to 2005, she was also a member of theGeraer Dialog spokespersons' council.
Menzner was state chairwoman of the PDS in Lower Saxony from 1998 to 2006 and continued to be a member of the state executive committee as an assessor from 2006 to 2010.
From 2005 to 2013, Menzner was amember of the German Bundestag. In the 16th legislative period, she wastransport policy Spokesperson for theLeft Party parliamentary group, in the 17th legislative periodenergy policy Spokesperson for theDIE LINKE parliamentary group. She was elected to theBundestag via thestate listLower Saxony.
Menzner justified her resignation from the party in 2021 by stating that the former party chairmanKlaus Ernst had been elected chairman of theBundestag Committee for Climate Protection and Energy.[2] She has been a member ofBündnis 90/Die Grünen since spring 2023.[3] In November 2023, she toldnd that she could imagine rejoining Die Linke.[3]
As of 2008, she is a member of theAssociation of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime - League of Anti-Fascists (VVN-BdA) and delegate to the Federal Congress.[4]
