Ulle Schauws
Ulle Schauws | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Hüls, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany) | 30 April 1966
Citizenship | German |
Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
Alma mater |
Ulle "Ursula" Schauws (born 30 April 1966 in Hüls) is a German politician from Alliance '90/The Greens.
Education and early career
Schauws studied history, politics and film studies. She works as Contributing editor and dramaturge for German film productions – including Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei –[1] before becoming a social worker with SOS Children's Villages.[2]
Political career
Schauws has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2013 federal elections. She successfully ran for re-election again in 2017, this time on the 11th place of the Green Party's list.
Since joining the parliament, Schauws has been serving on the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, which appointed her as deputy chairperson in 2018. From 2014 until 2017, she was also a member of the Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs. Within her parliamentary group, she serves as spokesperson on women's issues.
In addition to her committee assignments, Schauws has been serving as deputy chairwoman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the SADC States (2013–2017) and of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South Asia (since 2018).
Other activities
- Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", Member of the Board of Trustees
- German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[3]
- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Member
Personal life
External links
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References
- ↑ Jochen Lenzen (5 September 2013), Ulle Schauws – Politik gegen die Stromlinie Rheinische Post.
- ↑ Jochen Lenzen (5 September 2013), Ulle Schauws – Politik gegen die Stromlinie Rheinische Post.
- ↑ Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).
- ↑ Rheinische Post: Bundestagskandidatin Ursula Schauws (Grüne) (german)