Sabine Dittmar
Sabine Dittmar | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
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| Born | 15 September 1964 Schweinfurt, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg |
Sabine Dittmar (born 15 September 1964) is a German physician and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from the state of Bavaria who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2013.[1]
In addition to her parliamentary work, Dittmar has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Ministry of Health in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.[2]
Medical career[edit]
From 1995 until 2010, Dittmar and her husband operated a private practice in Maßbach. Shortly after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Dittmar volunteered at a testing station in her constituency.[3]
Political career[edit]
Career in state politics[edit]
From 2008 until 2013, Dittmar served as a member of the State Parliament of Bavaria, where she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson for consumer protection.
Member of the German Parliament, 2013–present[edit]
Dittmar became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Bad Kissingen district.[4] She is a member of the Committee on Health and the Committee on Tourism.[5][6] In this capacity, she was her parliamentary group's rapporteur on public health insurance and pharmacies.[7] Since 2018, she has been serving as her group's spokesperson on health policy.
Within her parliamentary group, Dittmar has been part of working groups on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany (since 2021) and health (since 2014).[8]
Other activities[edit]
- Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie, Member
- German Red Cross (DRK), Member
References[edit]
- ^ "Sabine Dittmar | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Sabine Dittmar wird Staatssekretärin im Gesundheitsministerium, BR 24
- ^ Ferdinand Otto (8 December 2020), Sabine Dittmar: "Als Ärztin hätte ich nie so entschieden wie die Ministerpräsidenten" Die Zeit.
- ^ "Sabine Dittmar, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Health". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Tourism". German Bundestag. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Isolde Krapf (29 January 2014), Sabine Dittmar erneut berufen Main-Post
- ^ Sabine Dittmar SPD Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)
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