Kerstin Tack

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Kerstin Tack, 2019

Kerstin Tack (born November 11, 1968 in Wittingen ) is a German politician ( SPD ). Since January 2018 she has been the spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group for labor and social affairs. She has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2009 Bundestag election .

Professional background

From 1985 to 1988 Kerstin Tack trained as a  lawyer and notary assistant  in Wittingen. She then completed training as a  kindergarten teacher  and obtained a technical diploma  . From 1992 to 1996 she studied  social pedagogy . After completing her studies, she first worked for two years at the Arbeiterwohlfahrt and then for two more years as a youth education officer at the  German Trade Union Federation  and as the manager of the  care association  in  Hildesheim . From 2001 to 2009 she worked at the  Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family  as an advisor to the  youth welfare offices  .

Political career

From 1988 to 1996 Kerstin Tack was active in the youth association  SJD - Die Falken  , where she was district chairman in the Hanover district from 1992 to 1996. In 1993 she joined the SPD . From 1993 to 1998 she was a member of the board of the SPD local association List-Süd, where she was deputy chairman until 2010. From 2005 to 2007 she was a board member in the SPD sub-district of Hanover. Tack was a member of the Vahrenwald-List district council from 2005 to 2006  and of the Hanover City Council from 2006 to 2009  , where she was also a member of the parliamentary group executive as spokeswoman for youth policy for the SPD parliamentary group.

Member of the Bundestag

Kerstin Tack, 2020 in the German Bundestag

Kerstin Tack has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009. She was directly elected in the  constituency of the City of Hannover I in the 2009 , 2013 and 2017 federal elections. In the 19th electoral term, Tack is a full member of the  Committee on Labor and Social Affairs  and a deputy member of the  Committee on Food and Agriculture  and the  Health Committee . From 2014 to 2018 she was the representative for the interests of people with disabilities in the  SPD parliamentary group  and a member of the parliamentary group's executive committee. Tack has been the spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group for labor and social affairs since January 30, 2018.

No candidacy for the 2021 federal election

In a circular dated August 27, 2020, Kerstin Tack declared that she was not going to run for a new candidate. She wants to reorient herself professionally.

Further activities and memberships

Since November 2014 Kerstin Tack has been Vice President of  Special Olympics Germany . Since June 2013 she has also had a seat on the supervisory board of the social department store fairKauf eG Hannover. In 2009, Tack took over the patronage of the List-NordOst neighborhood meeting place, and in January 2016 she also became the patron of the Sahlkamp-Vahrenheide district foundation. Furthermore, Kerstin Tack has been the patron of Homeless Aid Hannover eV since 2018. In addition, Kerstin Tack is involved in the AWO -mit Herz-Stiftung. She is a member of the ver.di union .

Web links

Commons : Kerstin Tack  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Bundestag - Kerstin Tack, SPD . In: German Bundestag . ( bundestag.de [accessed December 8, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Kerstin Tack For you in the German Bundestag - biography. Retrieved December 8, 2017 .
  3. ^ Regional groups Lower Saxony / Bremen SPD parliamentary group - Kerstin Tack. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 8, 2017 ; accessed on December 8, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spd-landesgruppe-niedersachsen.de
  4. ↑ Spokespersons for the working groups elected | SPD parliamentary group . In: SPD parliamentary group . January 30, 2018 ( spdfraktion.de [accessed February 2, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Explanation on the website Kerstin-Tack.de , accessed on August 27, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Tack, Kerstin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittingen