Birgit Menz is a German politician of theLeft Party who was from 2015 to 2017 a member of theBundestag.
Menz was born on 16 May 1962 inSuhl,TH and since 1997 lives inBremen. After visiting a polytechnic secondary school, she trained as a bookseller at a vocational school forbookselling, and graduated from the University of Applied Sciences for Bookselling. She later did various retraining programmes, and thanks to those, she currently works as a clerk in an engineering office.[1]
Since the age of nineteen, Menz has been active in left-wing party politics, within theParty of Democratic Socialism (laterthe Left) on the executive committee, in auditing and as treasurer. She was participated in the local initiative "Stephanikreis Ladenschluss" against right-wing extremism, racism and anti-Semitism.[2][3]
She joined the Bundestag in March 2015 afterAgnes Alpers had to resign from the political work due to a stroke she suffered.[4] As part of her parliamentary work, she was Chairwoman of theParliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development, as well as a full member of theCommittee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and a deputy member of theCommittee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and theCommittee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.[1]
