Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler

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Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (2016)

Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (born February 13, 1975 in Altenkirchen (Westerwald) as Sabine Bätzing) is a German politician ( SPD ). She was a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 to November 2014 . In the period from 2005 to 2009 she was the drug commissioner of the federal government . In mid-November 2014 she became Minister for Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Demography in Rhineland-Palatinate . Since June 2015 she has been a deputy member of the German Federal Council for Rhineland-Palatinate . Since the state election in 2016 , she has been a member of the state parliament in constituency 1 Betzdorf / Kirchen .

Life and work

After graduating from high school in 1994 at the Westerwald-Gymnasium in Altenkirchen, Bätzing-Lichtenthäler completed an apprenticeship in the upper non-technical service at the community of Altenkirchen , which she finished in 1997 as a graduate in administration (FH) . She then worked as a clerk at the social welfare office and from 2001 in the IT / organization area at the Altenkirchen community.

Bätzing-Lichtenthäler is Roman Catholic . She divorced in 2009 and has been married for a second time since 2010. In August 2010 she had a daughter and in March 2014 a son was born. She is the cousin of the Bishop of Limburg and chairman of the German Bishops' Conference , Georg Bätzing , and lives in Forst in the Altenkirchen district .

Political career

Bätzing-Lichtenthäler has been a member of the SPD since 1994. Since 1996 she has been a member of the SPD district executive in Altenkirchen . In 1999 Bätzing was elected to the district council of the Altenkirchen district and has been deputy SPD parliamentary group leader there since the municipal elections in Rhineland-Palatinate in 2014 . She has been the party's deputy district chairman since 2001 and has also been a member of the state executive committee since 2004 and the presidium of the SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate since 2006 .

Member of the German Bundestag (2002-2014)

From 2002 Bätzing-Lichtenthäler was a member of the German Bundestag and from 2002 to 2005 was the spokeswoman for the young group in the SPD parliamentary group (“Youngsters”). She was a member of the reform-oriented Berlin network and has been an active member of the board since the 17th parliamentary term.

Bätzing-Lichtenthäler moved into the Bundestag as a directly elected member of the Neuwied constituency in 2002 and 2005 . In the 2005 Bundestag election, it achieved 44.3% of the first votes cast . In the subsequent federal elections in 2009 and 2013, she lost 36.4% and 37.3%, respectively, to the CDU candidate Erwin Rüddel , but both times entered the Bundestag via the Rhineland-Palatinate state list .

In the 17th electoral term of the Bundestag (2009-2013) she was a member of the Finance Committee and the Sports Committee of the German Bundestag . In the 18th Bundestag she was a member of the Committee on Affairs of the European Union and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid .

Drug Commissioner of the Federal Government (2005–2009)

In December 2005, Bätzing-Lichtenthäler was appointed drug commissioner of the federal government by the federal government of the second grand coalition (2005–2009) . She held this office until October 2009; among other things, she campaigned against alcohol and for the protection of non-smokers .

In November 2008, she campaigned for tax increases on wine and beer in order to “have a direct and relevant effect on reducing alcohol consumption among young people”. The sparkling wine tax (introduced in 1902 to finance the Imperial Navy ) , however, was not to be increased.

In December 2008 it brought about a short-term ban on the synthetic fashion drug Spice .

In January 2009 she demanded (together with the Drugs and Addiction Council) the 0.3 blood alcohol concentration limit in road traffic; this was rejected by the then Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee .

After the federal election in 2009 , Bätzing-Lichtenthäler resigned from her position as drug commissioner. On November 19, 2009, Mechthild Dyckmans ( FDP ) was appointed her successor.

Minister for Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Demography Rhineland-Palatinate (since 2014)

Minister Bätzing-Lichtenthäler on November 17, 2016 in the plenary session of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament in Mainz

Since November 12, 2014 Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler has been a member of the cabinet of Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) as Minister for Social Affairs, Labor, Health and Demography of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate , first in the red-green cabinet Dreyer I and after the state election in Rhineland-Palatinate 2016, the Dreyer II cabinet, supported by a traffic light coalition .

Member of the State Parliament (since 2016)

In the state elections in 2016 , Bätzing-Lichtenthäler ran for constituency 1 Betzdorf churches. However, she was defeated in the election by the CDU member of the state parliament, Michael Wäschenbach . However, it moved into the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament via the state list (7th place) .

On August 22, 2020, she was nominated by the SPD as a constituency candidate for the state election in 2021 .

Others

Bätzing-Lichtenthäler was a member of the European Union parliamentary group of the German Bundestag . She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Europa-Haus Marienberg . On September 10, 2009, she was awarded the Kurt Graulich Foundation Prize. In August 2011 she became co-chair of the Tibet Discussion Group in the German Bundestag.

On September 1, 2008, Bätzing-Lichtenthäler made an appearance in her role as drug commissioner on the television series Gute Zeiten, Bad Zeiten .

Web links

Commons : Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler becomes Minister of Social Affairs. Retrieved March 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ SPD member of the Bundestag Bätzing becomes mother , rhein-zeitung.de of February 23, 2010
  3. ↑ Member of the Bundestag Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler in Mutterglück rhein-zeitung.de of August 15, 2010
  4. ↑ Bätzing-Lichtenthäler mother for the second time ( memento from November 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Siegener Zeitung from March 28, 2014
  5. ↑ Westerwald SPD woman with staying power and fearless. In: volksfreund.de. Trierischer Volksfreund, November 4, 2014, accessed on November 19, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Career on the homepage of Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler
  7. ↑ Network Berlin ( Memento from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Activity as a member of parliament ( Memento from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ SPD parliamentary group: MPs Bätzing-Lichtenthäler
  10. ↑ zeit.de February 24, 2017: Drinking to the point of colon cancer
  11. ↑ The drug commissioner does not mean it that way, welt.de.
  12. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Federal Ministry of Health - press releases of the drug commissioner )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bmg.bund.de
  13. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung on the drug report ( memento of August 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Leipziger Volkszeitung
  14. ↑ Brief presentation on the Federal Council's website.
  15. ↑ Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler, MdL and Minister of State in Rhineland-Palatinate: Home - SABINE BÄTZING-LICHTENTHÄLER - your member of the state parliament in the constituency of Betzdorf / Kirchen. Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
  16. ↑ State election 2021: SPD nominates Bätzing-Lichtenthäler and Gibhardt
  17. ↑ Board of Trustees on the Europa-Haus website , accessed on November 4, 2014
  18. ↑ www.kurt-graulich-stiftung.de/stiftungspreis ( Memento from February 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ↑ Drug education: Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler with guest role at GZSZ , stern.de
personal data
SURNAME Bätzing-Lichtenthäler, Sabine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bätzing, Sabine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdB, MdL
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenkirchen