Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller | |
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 Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller in 2009 | |
| Member of theBundestag forHameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden | |
| In office 1 November 2001 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Brigitte Schulte |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Schraps |
| Parliamentary State Secretary for Labour and Social Affairs | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – January 2018[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-04-20)20 April 1951 (age 74) Bovenden, then part ofWest Germany |
| Party | SPD |
| Alma mater | Protestant University of Applied Sciences Hanover |
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Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller (born 20 April 1951), often nicknamedLöMö,[2] is a German politician and former member of theBundestag. A member of theSocial Democratic Party, she joined the Bundestag in 2001. She won the direct mandate for the constituencyHameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden from 2005 onwards. Prior to her political career, Lösekrug-Möller was abookseller andsocial worker. She retired from federal politics in 2017.
Gabriele Lösekrug-Möller was born on 20 April 1951 inBovenden, Lower Saxony.[3] She graduated fromRealschule in 1966 and started an apprenticeship in the book trade.[3][4] Lösekrug-Möller then worked as abookseller until 1974.[4] She received a technical university entrance qualification and studiedsocial pedagogy at theProtestant University of Applied Sciences inHanover, graduating in 1979.[3][4]
Following her graduation from university, Lösekrug-Möller worked as a social worker inIsernhagen. She moved to a career inadult education and organisational consulting in 1990.[3][4][5] She is a member of theÖTV,ver.di, andAWO unions.[3]
Lösekrug-Möller joined the SPD in 1972. She was a member of theHameln-Pyrmont local council between 1996 and 2011. In 1997, she was elected as the chairwoman of the Hameln-Pyrmont SPDsubdistrict [de]. In 1999, Lösekrug-Möller was elected to the executive committee of the SPD's Hanover district, and in 2004 she was elected to the executive committee inLower Saxony.[3]
Lösekrug-Möller joined the Bundestag in 2001. From 2002 to 2009, she was the spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group (Fraktion) working group on petitions. In 2013, she was appointedParliamentary State Secretary for Labour and Social Affairs. In 2017, she voted in favour ofsame-sex marriage in Germany.[3]
She was a member of the Bundestag Committee on Labour and Social Affairs, Committee on the Environment, and the Subcommittee on Local Government Policy. During her time in the Bundestag, she also served as the second chairwoman of the Advisory Council on Sustainable Development. Between 2011 and 2014 she served as the chairwoman of the Lower Saxony/Bremen regional groups of the SPD Fraktion.[3]
Lösekrug-Möller retired from the Bundestag before the2017 election. She was succeeded in her constituency byJohannes Schraps.[6] She remained as Parliamentary State Secretary in an interim position until January 2018.[7][1]
Lösekrug-Möller isProtestant. She has two sons.[3] As of August 2013[update], she lives inHameln.[8]
| Year | Constituency |
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| 2002 | State list ofLower Saxony |
| 2005 | Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[10] |
| 2009 | Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[4] |
| 2013 | Hameln-Pyrmont – Holzminden[11] |
