Sonja Steffen | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2009–2021 | |
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| Born | (1963-10-22)22 October 1963 (age 62) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Sonja Amalie Steffen (born 22 October 1963) is a German lawyer and politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofMecklenburg-Vorpommern from 2009 to 2021.
Born inDreiborn,North Rhine-Westphalia, Steffen studied law at theUniversity of Cologne.
Steffen became member of the Bundestag in the2009 German federal election.[1]
In parliament, Steffen was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection; its Sub-Committee on European Affairs; the Committee on the Verification of Credentials and Immunities; and the Budget Committee.[2][3][4] In her capacity as member of the Budget Committee, she served as her parliamentary group'srapporteur on the annual budgets of theFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (since 2014) and theFederal Ministry of Health (since 2018).
In 2018, Steffen also joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely theFederal Court of Justice (BGH), theFederal Administrative Court (BVerwG), theFederal Fiscal Court (BFH), theFederal Labour Court (BAG), and theFederal Social Court (BSG).
In February 2020, Steffen announced that she would not stand in the2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
Since 2023, Steffen has been serving asombudsperson for BDIU, the national association of Germany's credit management, debt collection and debt purchase sector.[5]
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