Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler | |
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| State Minister for Social Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 2014–2021 | |
| Minister- President | Malu Dreyer |
| Preceded by | Alexander Schweitzer |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2002–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-02-13)13 February 1975 (age 50) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (born 13 February 1975) is a Germanpolitician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who has been leading her party’s group in theState Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2021.[1] She is the first woman in this position.[1]
Bätzing-Lichtenthäler was first elected to be a member of theBundestag in the2002 national elections, representing the constituency ofNeuwied from 2002 to 2009 and being elected from the land list in 2009. From 2005 until 2009, she served as the German government's commissioner on drug-related issues in theFederal Ministry of Health.[2] Between 2009 and 2013, she was a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee..[2]In addition to her committee assignments, Bätzing-Lichtenthäler was a member of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group and of the German-Swiss Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition ofChancellorAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and the SPD following the2013 federal elections, Bätzing was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on financial policy and the national budget, led byWolfgang Schäuble andOlaf Scholz.
From 2014 until 2021, Bätzing-Lichtenthäler served as State Minister of Social Affairs, Labour and Health in the government ofMinister-PresidentMalu Dreyer ofRhineland-Palatinate. As one of her state's representatives at theBundesrat, she served on the Committee on Labour, Integration and Social Policy; the Committee on Health; and the Committee on Family and Senior Citizen Affairs.
Since the2016 state elections, Bätzing-Lichtenthäler has been a member of theState Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate.[4]
In the coalition talks following the2017 federal elections, Bätzing-Lichtenthäler was part of the working group on social affairs, led byKarl-Josef Laumann,Barbara Stamm andAndrea Nahles.
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