German politician, Vice-President of the Bundestag
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Petra Pau
MdB
Pau in 2021
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of The Left-group)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 April 2006
Preceded by
Position established
Member of the Bundestag for Berlin
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2021
Constituency
The Left List
In office 26 October 1998 – 26 October 2021
Preceded by
Stefan Heym (1995)
Succeeded by
Mario Czaja
Constituency
Marzahn-Hellersdorf (1998–2002: Mitte – Prenzlauer Berg)
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
In office 30 November 1995 – October 1998
Preceded by
Werner Krause
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Constituency
Hellersdorf 3
Personal details
Born
(1963-08-09) 9 August 1963 (age 60) East Berlin, East Germany
Political party
The Left PDS (1989–2007) SED (1983–1989)
Website
petrapau.de
Petra Pau (born 9 August 1963) is a German politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 1998. Since 2006, she has also served as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag, being the first member of her party to hold this office. Pau belongs to the reform-oriented wing of her party, actively supporting parliamentary representative democracy.
PetraPau (born 9 August 1963) is a German politician of The Left. She has been a member of the Bundestag since 1998. Since 2006, she has also served...
October 2015. Hollstein M (10 December 2012). "Als PetraPau plötzlich ihre Stimme verlor" [When PetraPau Suddenly Lost Her Voice]. Die Welt (in German)...
financial market rallied as a result. Vice President of the Bundestag PetraPau lost her single-member constituency of Berlin-Marzahn-Hellersdorf by a...
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the party congress. The others were Roland Claus, Dietmar Bartsch, and PetraPau. The Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria...
Katrin Göring-Eckardt (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) PetraPau (Die Linke) The legal foundation for the office is Article 40 of the Basic...
Curio Götz Frömming Birgit Malsack-Winkemann Beatrix von Storch The Left Gregor Gysi Stefan Liebich Gesine Lötzsch Pascal Meiser PetraPau Evrim Sommer...
votes). The Left group proposed PetraPau, who has held this position since 2006, to be a Vice President of the Bundestag. Pau was elected on the first ballot...
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Curio Götz Frömming Birgit Malsack-Winkemann Beatrix von Storch The Left Gregor Gysi Stefan Liebich Gesine Lötzsch Pascal Meiser PetraPau Evrim Sommer...
subsequently gave up his bid for the vice president position which was given to PetraPau instead. Lothar Bisky was married and the father of three sons. His oldest...
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1999 he was elected co-chair of the PDS in Berlin. In 2001 he succeeded PetraPau as chairman of the Berlin PDS and was re-elected in 2003.[citation needed]...
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