Monika Runge
Monika Paula Karola Runge (born November 21, 1950 in Ehrenberg (near Hildburghausen) ) is a German politician ( Die Linke ). She was a member of the Saxon state parliament from 1994 to 2004 and again from November 2005 to 2014 .
Life
After graduating from high school, Runge began studying philosophy , which she completed with a doctorate after studying research . From 1976 to 1994 she worked as a research assistant at the University of Leipzig .
Monika Runge is married to the German pop singer and composer Hartwig Runge (known as Ingo Graf ) and has one son. She belongs to the Protestant denomination.
politics
Monika Runge was a member of the SED and the PDS and, since 2007, of the Die Linke party, where she performed a variety of functions. She was a member of the local board of the PDS Leipzig Mitte, member of the regional board of the PDS Saxony, deputy city chairwoman of the PDS Leipzig, member of the federal party council of the PDS as well as a member of the program commission of the national board of the PDS. Since 2000 she has been chairwoman of the party-affiliated Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Saxony.
From 1994 to 2004 Runge was a member of the Saxon state parliament. In 1994 and 1999 she entered the state parliament via her party's state list . In the federal election in September 2005, Runge was a candidate for the PDS in the then electoral district of Leipziger Land-Muldentalkreis (now Leipzig-Land ), but could not prevail against Katharina Landgraf (CDU). In November 2005, Runge replaced Katja Kipping , who was a member of the German Bundestag, again in the state parliament. Runge was chairman of the budget and finance committee from September 2008 until the end of the fourth legislative period and was also a member of the committee for economy, labor and transport. She was a member of the committees for Economy & Labor & Transport, Environment & Agriculture, 2nd WP “Criminal & Corruptive Networks in Saxony” and the Enquete Commission “Technology & Innovation Policy”. In addition, she was energy and transport policy spokeswoman for the left-wing parliamentary group. Since the state elections in Saxony in 2014 , she is no longer a member of the state parliament.
Web links
- Curriculum vitae of Monika Runge on the website of the Saxon State Parliament ( Memento from January 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Profile of Monika Runge as constituency candidate for the Federal Parliament election 2005 ( Memento from October 21, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berthold Seewald: "We were all afraid" ; Die Welt, July 7, 2003
- ↑ An overview of all MPs. State Parliament of Saxony, archived from the original on October 2, 2014 ; accessed on February 14, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Runge, Monika |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Runge, Monika Paula Karola (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (Die Linke), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ehrenberg (near Hildburghausen) |