Yvonne Ploetz

Yvonne Ploetz ( born September 28, 1984 in Saarbrücken ) is a German politician (The Left ). She was from 2010 to 2013 Member of the German Bundestag.

Background and education

After her high-school diploma at the comprehensive school Gersheim and the subsequent High School in 2004 at the Helmholtz -Gymnasium in Zweibrücken she graduated from 2006 to 2010 as a fellow of the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation at the University of Trier, studying political science, art history and sociology. This joined from 2010 to 2011, a master's degree from. This acquisition of the additional certificate " East Asian Studies". She speaks German, English, French and Chinese.

Policy

Party

Ploetz from 1998 to 2002 Member of the Junge Union. In 2005, she joined the PDS and founded in November 2005, the local chapter THE LEFT. Blieskastel, whose chairman is since then. From 2006 to 2008 she was the education policy spokesperson, Regional Executive DIE LINKE. Saar. Since 2008 she is a board member of the District Association Saar Palatinate. From October 2010 to mid- 2012, she was a member of the State Executive Committee Linksjugend Saar. Ploetz regarded as " confidante " Oskar Lafontaine failed in the battle for the top candidate ( state list ) for the Saarland Left Party in the general election in 2013, but stood as a direct candidate in the constituency Homburg.

Bundestag

Ploetz moved due to their third national list place on 1 February 2010, Oskar Lafontaine in the German Bundestag after. She is a regular member of the Committee for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and Deputy Member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. As a member of the Bundestag is mainly engaged in domestic politics. She specializes in youth development, education, women and poverty policy. She criticizes the conception of the " Green New Deal", which they regarded as too technocratic. For the presentation of their positions they extensively use the Internet (especially social media) as its information campaign against youth poverty shows " Jugend.Arm? Courage ".

Private

Ploetz in 2008 Saarland judo champion in the class up to 70 kg and played football for several years at SG Parr Medelsheim. She is a member of IG Metall, the Rosa Luxembourg Foundation, the Trier Alumni Association of Political Science and the Peter Imandt Society.

Writings

• (Eds.): Youth Poverty: Contributions to the situation in Germany. Publisher Barbara Budrich, Leverkusen, 2013, ISBN 386649484X.