Zanda Martens
Zanda Martens | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
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| Born | 1 October 1984 Liepāja |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Political party | SPD |
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Zanda Martena(germanizedZanda Martensborn 1 October 1984 inLiepāja,Latvia) is a Latvian-German politician of theSocial Democratic Party(SPD) who has been serving asmemberof theBundestag,since 2021. She is a full member of the Legal Affairs Committee and committee chair of the European Law Subcommittee.
Life
[edit]Zanda Martens (Latvian spelling: Zanda Martena)[1]was born into a working-class family in theLatvian SSR,her parents were employed in a steel mill.[2]After attending school, she studied law at theUniversity of Latviafrom 2002 to 2008 with the help of a scholarship. After obtaining aMaster of Law,she worked as a lawyer for the board of the Latvian Confederation of Trade Unions (LBAS) from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, she moved toDüsseldorffor personal reasons and acquired German citizenship.[3]She took a course of study for graduates of law studies abroad at theRuhr University Bochumfrom 2010 to 2012, from which she graduated with the academic degree Magister Legum (LL.M.). This was followed by doctoral studies at theUniversity of Bremenfrom 2018 to 2021.[4]
Martens worked as a legal secretary at DGB Rechtsschutz GmbH from 2012 to 2013 and then worked as a trade union secretary for theVereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaftin the Düsseldorf district and in the management of the state district department for postal services, freight forwarding and logistics until 2019. Since 2019, she has been working as a trade union secretary/lawyer forIG Metall.[4]
Political career
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Martens joined the SPD in January 2018. She was deputy chairwoman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arbeit (AfA) Düsseldorf from 2019 to 2023 and deputy chairwoman of the SPD subdistrict Düsseldorf from 2021 to 2023.[4]She has been the chairwoman of the SPD Düsseldorf since 2023.[5]Since March 2021, she has been a member of the state executive committee ofSPD North Rhine-Westphalia,her party's regional branch inNorth-Rhine-Westphalia.[6]
Martens became a member of the Bundestag in the2021 elections,representing theDüsseldorf Idistrict. In parliament, she has been serving on the Committee on Legal Affairs and chairing its Subcommittee on European Law.[4]She is her parliamentary group’srapporteuron passengers’ rights.[7]
In addition to her committee assignments, Martens has been an alternate member of the German delegation to theNATO Parliamentary Assemblysince 2022. In this capacity, she has been serving on the Economics and Security Committee and its Subcommittee on Transition and Development.[8]
Within her parliamentary group, Martens belongs to theParliamentary Left,a left-wing movement.[9]
In the2021 federal election,Martens stood as the SPD's direct candidate in constituency 106 (Düsseldorf I). She received 22.4% of the first votes[10]and entered the German Bundestag via position 28 on the state list of the SPD of North Rhine-Westphalia.[11]She is a full member of the Legal Affairs Committee, a deputy member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and chairwoman of the Subcommittee on European Law in the 20th Bundestag.[4]She is a member of the 2nd Committee of Inquiry of the 20th legislative period of the German Bundestag.
Other activities
[edit]- Düsseldorf Airport,Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)[12]
- IG Metall,Member (since 2011)[2]
References
[edit]- ^Alberte, leva (27 August 2021).""Zandas seja uz katras ielas Diseldorfā! Kā liepājniece startē Bundestāga vēlēšanās 104"".bundestag.de(in Latvian).Retrieved16 May2023.
- ^abStirken, Norbert (13 November 2020).""Zanda Martens – Streiterin für die Rechte der Arbeiter"".rp-online.de(in German).Retrieved16 May2023.
- ^Gaasterland, Hendrick (20 August 2021)."""Ich bin keine Selbstdarstellerin """.rp-online.de(in German).Retrieved16 May2023.
- ^abcde""Dr. Zanda Martens, SPD"".bundestag.de(in German).Retrieved16 May2023.
- ^"Die SPD Düsseldorf hat eine neue Vorsitzende: Zanda Martens - Ddorf-Aktuell - Internetzeitung Düsseldorf".23 April 2023.
- ^"Zanda Martens › NRWSPD".
- ^Dietmar Neuerer (20 July 2022),Chaos an Flughäfen: Debatte um Verstaatlichung von Sicherheitskontrollen nimmt Fahrt aufHandelsblatt.
- ^Zanda MartensNATO Parliamentary Assembly.
- ^MembersParliamentary Left.
- ^""Bundestagswahl 2021"".bundeswahlleiter.de(in German).Retrieved16 May2023.
- ^""Gewählte in Landeslisten der Parteien"".bundeswahlleiter.de(in German).Retrieved16 May2023.
- ^Christian Schwerdtfeger (20 December 2022),„Das System der Luftsicherheitskontrollen muss komplett verändert werden “Rheinische Post.
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