Ulrike Merten
Ulrike Merten b. Hofberger (born December 13, 1951 in Bielefeld ) is a German politician ( SPD ).
From 2005 to 2009 she was chairwoman of the defense committee of the German Bundestag and is president of the Society for Security Policy .
Life and work
After attending primary school , Ulrike Merten completed an apprenticeship as a clerk and chemist from 1965 to 1968 . In this profession she worked until 1978, most recently as a department head.
Ulrike Merten is married and has two sons.
Political party
She has been a member of the SPD since 1972. From 1990 to 2001 she was a member of the SPD district committee in East Westphalia-Lippe and from 1992 to 2001 she was chairwoman of the SPD district association in Gütersloh . From 2000 to 2001 she was also the district chairwoman of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women (AsF) in Ostwestfalen-Lippe.
MPs
From 1994 to 1999 Ulrike Merten was a member of the district council of the Gütersloh district and was chairwoman of the advisory board for economic and employment promotion.
Since 1998 she has been a member of the German Bundestag . From October 2002 to May 2005 she was deputy spokeswoman for the working group on security issues of the SPD parliamentary group . Since May 2005 Ulrike Merten has been the chairman of the Defense Committee . She was not re-elected to the Bundestag on September 27, 2009.
Ulrike Merten has always entered the Bundestag via the state list of North Rhine-Westphalia .
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Franz Josef Strauss (1952–1953) | Richard Jaeger (1953–1965) | Friedrich Zimmermann (1965–1972) | Hermann Schmidt (1972–1975) | Werner Buchstaller (1975–1976) | Manfred Wörner (1976–1980) | Werner Marx (1980–1982) | Alfred Biehle (1982–1990) | Uwe Ronneburger (1990) | Fritz Wittmann (1990-1994) | Klaus Rose (1994-1997) | Kurt Rossmanith (1997-1998) | Helmut Wieczorek (1998–2002) | Reinhold Robbe (2002-2005) | Ulrike Merten (2005–2009) | Susanne Kastner (2009–2013) | Hans-Peter Bartels (2014–2015) | Wolfgang Hellmich (since 2015)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merten, Ulrike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hofberger, Ulrike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |