Beate Walter-Rosenheimer

Born in Weißenburg, Bavaria, Walter-Rosenheimer grew up in Ingolstadt and Munich, where she graduated from high school in 1985. She then studied communication sciences, philosophy, history and psychology at LMU Munich (Diplom-Psychologin).

Walter-Rosenheimer then worked as a freelance psychologist in the fields of industrial psychology, coaching and clinical psychology. From 2009 to 2011, she was a research assistant to Margarete Bause, the parliamentary party leader of the Greens in the State Parliament of Bavaria.

On 16 January 2012, Walter-Rosenheimer moved up to the Bundestag.^[4]

In parliament, Walter-Rosenheimer served on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment (2013–2021); the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2013–2021); the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (2021–2025); and the Committee on Petitions (2021–2025).^[5] She was also a member of the Enquete Commission on Vocational Training.^[6] From 2013 until 2021, she was her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for youth policy, education and training.^[7]

In February 2024, Walter-Rosenheimer announced that she would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.^[8]