Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs of Berlin
In office 8 December 2016 – 21 December 2021
Governing Mayor
Michael Müller
Preceded by
Dilek Kolat (Integration and Labour) Mario Czaja (Social Affairs)
Succeeded by
Katja Kipping
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 November 2021
In office January 2003 – 31 January 2017
Preceded by
Thomas Flierl
Succeeded by
Gabriele Gottwald
Personal details
Born
Elke Breitenbach
(1961-03-30) 30 March 1961 (age 63) Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany
Political party
The Left
Spouse
Thomas Nord
Residence(s)
Neukölln, Berlin
Alma mater
Free University of Berlin
Elke Breitenbach (born 8 December 1961 in Frankfurt) is a German politician of The Left who served as Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs in the Berlin state government from 2016 to 2021. She previously sat as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2003 to 2017.
ElkeBreitenbach (born 8 December 1961 in Frankfurt) is a German politician of The Left who served as Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs...
announced that Katja Kipping would replace fellow Left politician ElkeBreitenbach as Senator for Integration, Labour, and Social Affairs in the Giffey...
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has two daughters and is married with the social minister of Berlin ElkeBreitenbach. Thomas Nord was since 1976 a member of the SED, and practiced until...
However, on 31 January 2017 ElkeBreitenbach resigned her seat after being appointed to the Berlin senate. Breitenbach's seat in the lower house passed...
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