Mechthild Rawert | |
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![]() Rawert in 2014 | |
Member of theBundestag forBerlin | |
In office 26 May 2020 – 2021 | |
Preceded by | Eva Högl |
Constituency | Social Democratic List |
In office 18 October 2005 – 24 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Eckhardt Barthel |
Succeeded by | Jan-Marco Luczak |
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Personal details | |
Born | (1957-11-03)3 November 1957 (age 67) Coesfeld,West Germany |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
Mechthild Rawert (born 3 November 1957) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD)[1] wh served as a member of theBundestag from 2005 until 2017 and again from 2020 to 2021, representingBerlin'sTempelhof-Schöneberg district.[2]
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Rawert was born inCoesfeld,North Rhine-Westphalia. She holds a degree inadult education from theFree University of Berlin.
Rawert was a member of the German Bundestag from 2005 until 2017. During that time, she served on theCommittee on Health (2005–2017) and the Committee on Food and Agriculture (2005–2009). In addition to her committee assignments, she chaired the German-Maltese Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2014 until 2017.
Also from 2014 until 2018, Rawert was a member of the German delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).[3] In the Assembly, she serves on the Sub-Committee on Disability and Inclusion.
In 2020, Rawert returned to parliament when she succeededEva Högl who had resigned her seat. In parliament, she briefly served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection.
In the negotiations to form acoalition government between theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) and the SPD under the leadership ofKai Wegner following Berlin’s2023 state elections, Rawert was part of her party’s delegation to the working group on labour and social affairs, co-chaired byOttilie Klein and Lars Düsterhöft.[4]
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