Maria Klein-Schmeink | |
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%2c_MdB.jpg) Klein-Schmeink in 2014 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2009–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-01-06)6 January 1958 (age 67) |
| Political party | Greens |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
Maria Anna Klein-Schmeink (born 6 January 1958) is a German politician ofAlliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 to 2025.[1]
Klein-Schmeink studied sociology at theUniversity of Münster from 1977 to 1984 and graduated with a master's degree. While still a student, she began working as a volunteer for the Sozialpädagogisches Bildungswerk Münster (Sobi).
After completing her studies until 2002, Klein-Schmeink worked full-time in a leading position for the Sobi. From 1986 to 1988 she was involved in the establishment of the institution "cultur- und begegnungszentrum achtermannstraße" (c.u.b.a.). From 2002 until she moved to the German Bundestag in 2009, she worked as a legislative advisor to the Green Party's group in theState Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
In parliament, Klein-Schmeink was a member of the Committee on Health. From 2014, she served as her parliamentary group's spokesperson on health policy.[2][3] In 2020, she succeededKatja Dörner as one her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, first under the leadership of co-chairsKatrin Göring-Eckardt andAnton Hofreiter, thenBritta Hasselmann andKatharina Dröge.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Klein-Schmeink was part of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[5]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and theFDP following the2021 federal elections, Klein-Schmeink led her party's delegation in the working group on health policy; her co-chairs from the other parties wereKatja Pähle andChristine Aschenberg-Dugnus.[6]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofMinister-President of North Rhine-WestphaliaHendrik Wüst following the2022 state elections, Klein-Schmeink was part of her party’s delegation.[7]
In March 2024, Klein-Schmeink announced that she would not stand in the2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[8]
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