Petra Kammerevert | |
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 Kammerevert in 2010 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-06-01)1 June 1966 Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Died | 18 October 2025(2025-10-18) (aged 59) |
| Party |  German:Social Democratic Party  EU:Party of European Socialists |
| Alma mater | University of Duisburg |
| Website | www |
Petra Kammerevert (1 June 1966 – 18 October 2025) was a German politician who served as aMember of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2024. She was a member of theSocial Democratic Party of Germany, part of theParty of European Socialists.[1]
Following herAbitur in Düsseldorf in 1985, Kammerevert studiedsociology andpolitical science at the University ofDuisburg-Essen, graduating with a degree in Social Sciences.
Between 1992 and 2002, Kammerevert worked as a scientific adviser to a Member of the European Parliament, spending the first eighteen months in Brussels and the remainder inDüsseldorf. From 2002 to 2009 she worked as a consultant for theARD public service broadcasting company.[2]
Kammerevert joined theSocial Democratic Party of Germany in 1984 and initially participated as a board member of theYoung Socialists in the SPD'sLower Rhine regional group between 1987 and 1990. In 1992 she assumed the chair of theYoung Socialists in the SPDDüsseldorf, an office which she retained until 1995. Since 1997, she has been a member of the executive committee of the SPD Düsseldorf. Between 1999 and 2009, she was a member of the municipal council of Düsseldorf. Since 2004, she has also been a member of the executive committee of the SPDLower Rhine region. Since 2012, Kammerevert has been a member of theSPD leadership in North Rhine-Westphalia under successive chairsHannelore Kraft (2012–2017), Michael Groschek (2017–2018),Sebastian Hartmann (2018–2021) andThomas Kutschaty (2021–2023).
In the2009 European Parliament election, Kammerevert was elected as aMember of the European Parliament on theSocial Democratic Party of Germany list forNorth Rhine-Westphalia.[3] As such, she sat in theProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group.[4] Her "constituency" comprisesDüsseldorf,Krefeld,Mettmann,Mönchengladbach,Neuss,Remscheid,Solingen andWuppertal.
In theEuropean Parliament, Kammerevert worked as a member of theCommittee on Culture and Education, which is also responsible for media, information, youth and sports policy. She served as her parliamentary group's coordinator on the committee from 2014 until 2017 and as its chairwoman from 2017 until 2019.[5] AlongsideSabine Verheyen, Kammerevert was selected in 2016 as co-rapporteurs on the audio-visual media services directive, which seeks to introduce levies and cultural quotas on services likeNetflix.[6] She also served as her parliamentary group’s main negotiator on the European Media Freedom Act.[7]
In addition to her committee assignments, Kammerevert was a substitute member of theCommittee on Transport and Tourism and of the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.[8] She was also a member of theTransatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD),[9] and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Digital Agenda.[10] On the national level, she was a member of the executive committee of theSPD's commission on media.
Kammerevert was married and, together with one adult stepson, lived inDüsseldorf.[13] Kammerevert died on 18 October 2025 after a serious illness at the age of 59.[14][15]
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