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 Högl in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Armed Forces Commissioner of theBundestag | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 28 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominated by | SPD | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hans-Peter Bartels | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Edathy scandal Inquiry Committee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2 July 2014 – 12 November 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Michael Frieser | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in theBundestag | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 22 October 2013 – 28 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Christine Lambrecht | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dirk Wiese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Eva Alexandra Ingrid Irmgard Anna Kampmeyer (1969-01-06)6 January 1969 (age 56) Osnabrück,Lower Saxony,West Germany(nowGermany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Social Democratic Party(1987–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Wedding,Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eva Alexandra Ingrid Irmgard Anna Högl (German pronunciation:[ˈeːfaˈhøːɡl̩];[1]néeKampmeyer; born 6 January 1969) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Parliamentary Commissioner for theArmed Forces of Germany since May 2020.
Högl previously served as a member of theBundestag, the German parliament, from 2009 until 2020. From 2013 until 2020, she served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group.[2] She has been a member of her party since 1987.
Högl was born inOsnabrück. From 1999 until 2009, she worked at theFederal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) in Berlin. At the ministry, she was head of the unit in charge of European labor and social policy between 2006 and 2009.[3]
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Since 2007, Högl has been a member of the executive board of the SPD inBerlin, under the leadership of party chairmanMichael Müller. Before the2008 elections inLower Saxony, candidateWolfgang Jüttner included Högl in hisshadow cabinet for the Social Democrats' – unsuccessful – campaign to unseat incumbent Minister-PresidentChristian Wulff. During the campaign, she served as shadow minister for regional development and European affairs.[4][3]
Högl was elected to the GermanBundestag in 2009, representing the constituency ofBerlin-Mitte. In her first full legislative term from 2009 until 2013, she was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. On the latter committee, she was her parliamentary group'srapporteur on the 2010European Union directive on the rights to interpretation and to translation incriminal proceedings. In addition to her committee assignments, she served as deputy chairwoman of theGerman-Dutch Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2010 until 2013. Within the SPD parliamentary group, she was a member of the working group on municipal policy from 2009 until 2017.
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition ofChancellorAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and the SPD following the2013 federal elections, Högl was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on families, women and equality, led byAnnette Widmann-Mauz andManuela Schwesig.
From December 2013 until May 2020,[3] Högl served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group under the leadership of successive chairpersonsThomas Oppermann (2013–2017),Andrea Nahles (2017–2019) andRolf Mützenich (2019–2020). In addition, she was appointed to the Committee on the Election of Judges (Wahlausschuss), which is in charge of appointing judges to theFederal Constitutional Court of Germany. She also served on 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 2019, she joined theParliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence servicesBND,BfV andMAD.[5]
In the negotiations to form afourth coalition government under Merkel following the2017 federal elections, Högl was part of the working group on migration and integration, led byVolker Bouffier,Joachim Herrmann andRalf Stegner.[6][7]
In May 2020 Högl was appointed Parliamentary Commissioner for theArmed Forces of Germany and gave up her seat in the Bundestag.[8] Her seat was taken up byMechthild Rawert.[9]
Högl has been a vocal proponent of banning the extreme rightwingNational Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), arguing that a ban would "hit the party as an organisation and also stop it being financed by taxpayers".[15]
Högl has also demanded improvedvoting rights for foreigners living in Germany.[2]
Högl is married to an architect. The couple resides in Berlin'sWedding district, in the same building asPeer Steinbrück.[16]
The KSK needs to be our elite for freedom and democracy," said Eva Högl, the parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces.
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