Isabel Mackensen-Geis
Isabel Mackensen | |
|---|---|
 Isabel Mackensen in 2017 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1986 Schwetzingen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Trier |
Isabel Mackensen (born 29 September 1986) is a German politician of the SPD. She has been a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2 July 2019.
Early life and education
Mackensen was born in Schwetzingen and grew up in Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim (where she still has her home).[1] After passing her Abitur in 2006 at the Kurfürst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium (secondary school) in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, she studied political science and history at the University of Trier, graduating with an MA in 2012.[2]
Political career
Mackensen became an SPD member in 2009[2] and was chair of the Palatinate regional section of the Young Socialists in the SPD from 2013 to 2017.[3] In 2019, she was elected a member of the district council of Bad Dürkheim.[4]
In the 2017 German federal election, Mackensen was the SPD candidate for the Neustadt – Speyer district and came second with 25.3% of the vote.[5] Mackensen became a Bundestag member via her party list after Katarina Barley, having been elected to the European Parliament, resigned her seat in the German parliament.[1] She has since been serving on the Committee on Food and Agriculture.
References
- ^ a b Wolfgang Kreilinger (13 June 2019). "Niederkirchen: Isabel Mackensen rückt für Katarina Barley in den Bundestag nach" (in German). Die Rheinpfalz, Ludwigshafen. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Über mich". Isabel Mackensen (in German). 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Isabel Mackensen". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Metropolnews, Redaktion (28 May 2019). "Kreis Bad Dürkheim: Vorläufiges Ergebnis Kreistagswahl 2019". Metropolnews.info (in German). Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Results Neustadt – Speyer - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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