Gisela Kallenbach

Gisela Kallenbach ( born March 28, 1944 in Soldin / Neumark, today poln Myślibórz / Poland ) is a German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ). From 2004 to 2009 she was a MEP in the Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance. Since 2009 she is a Member of the Saxon parliament.

Life and education

Due to the social origin and the Christian confession ( which was expressed among other things in the denial of Jugendweihe ) Kallenbach was denied a high school in the GDR. Post-high school was a lesson and from 1962 to 1969 to work as a lab technician and research assistant on behalf of VEB Mineralölwerk Lützkendorf in the Academy of Sciences in Leipzig. In evening and correspondence courses, she moved from 1965 to 1970 to Dipl. -Ing. ( FH) technology in chemistry and graduated in 1967 the state exam specialist translators from English.

1969-1990 Kallenbach worked as a laboratory manager and theme manager ( with an interim career breaks due to childbirth and upbringing of three children)

After the turn Kallenbach worked from 1990 to 2000 as a lecturer in the department of environmental protection, city of Leipzig. From 2000 to 2003 she served as Mayor International, the UN mission in Kosovo operates.

Policy

Gisela Kallenbach is a member of the Green Party and was 1996-1999 Assessor, Regional Executive Alliance 90/The Greens in Saxony. Community structure, she was deputy in the city council of Leipzig (1990-1991) ( resignation of the mandate for employment in the administration) and representative of the city of Leipzig in the environmental committee of " Euro Cities ." From 2004 to 2009 she was a member of the European Parliament. During the state election 2009 drew them over the national list (No. 9) of the Greens in the Parliament of Saxony.

European Parliament (2004-2009)

Tasks and responsibilities:

  • Member of the Committee for Regional Development
  • Substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Eastern Europe
  • Substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula

Regional responsibilities for Saxony, Saxony -Anhalt, Thuringia

Saxon Parliament (2009-2014)

Tasks and responsibilities:

  • A member of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture
  • Member of the Committee for Constitution, Law and European
  • Of the Green Party parliamentary group for the Environment, Urban Development and Europe

Honorary Appointments and Honors

Gisela Kallenbach is a member, sponsoring member of numerous associations and foundations Leipzig. She is Chair of the Board synagogue and community center Leipzig eV, Co-founder and Board of Trustees of the Foundation for citizens of Leipzig. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Franco-German Training Centre Leipzig, board member of the educational work of Saxony of the German Society, and member of the board of the European Movement in Saxony. She is also actively involved as a contemporary witness of the reunion on eyewitness portal "20 ​​Years of Peaceful Revolution and German unity."

In 2001, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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