Frauke Heiligenstadt
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Frauke Heiligenstadt | |
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| Member of the Bundestag for Goslar – Northeim – Osterode | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Roy Kühne |
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| Born | 24 March 1966 |
| Party | Social Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Frauke Heiligenstadt (born 24 March 1966 in Northeim) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 26 October 2021. She was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament from 2003 to 2021, and Lower Saxony's Minister of Education from 2013 to 2017.
Heiligenstadt was born in the West German town of Northeim. After graduating from the Gymnasium Corvinianum in Northeim in 1985, Heiligenstadt studied at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts for Administration and Administration of Justice in Hanover.[1] She graduated in 1988 and worked as a graduate in administration at the Northeim city administration until her election to the state parliament.[2]
Career
From 1994 to 2003, Heiligenstadt was head of the Office for Economic Development and Real Estate at the City of Northeim.[1] Heiligenstadt was a member of the State Parliament of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2021.[3]
From 2013 to 2017, Heiligenstadt served as State Minister of Education in the government of Minister President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony. In October 2017, she announced her intention to leave the government after the 2017 elections.[4]
Heiligenstadt was elected to the Bundestag directly in 2021, representing the Goslar – Northeim – Osterode district.[5] In parliament, she has since been serving on the Finance Committee.[6] Since the 2025 elections, she has been her parliamentary group's spokesperson on financial regulation.[7]
Within her parliamentary group, Heiligenstadt belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[8]
Other activities
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member[6]
- AWO[9]
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Member of the Board of Trustees (2013–2018)[10]
- City marketing Northeim e.V.[2]
In addition, Frauke Heiligenstadt is involved in numerous local associations, including the fire department and the Heimat- und Verkehrsverein.[11]
Personal life
Heiligenstadt is married and lives with her husband and daughter in Gillersheim, a district of the municipality of Katlenburg-Lindau. Her father was a roofer.[12]
Politics
Political beginnings and in Lower Saxony's state politics
Frauke Heiligenstadt has been a member of the SPD since 1982. From 1993 to 2001, she was chairwoman of the SPD local association Gillersheim (municipality of Katlenburg-Lindau). Since 2003, she has been a member of the executive committee of the SPD district of Hanover,[13] and since 2019, she has been chairwoman of the SPD sub-district of Northeim-Einbeck.[14] From 1986 to 2011 she was a member of the local council Gillersheim, from 1999 to 2006 local mayor. From 1991 to 2013 she was a member of the municipal council of Katlenburg-Lindau, from 1996 to 2011 she was an alderman and from 2006 to 2011 deputy mayor. Since 2006 she has been a member of the district council of the Northeim district and since 2018 its chairwoman.[2] For the electoral district of Northeim, Frauke Heiligenstadt has been a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament since 2003. There she was until 2013 spokeswoman for cultural and school policy.[15] Since 2017 she is spokeswoman for budget and fiscal policy. From 2013 to 2017, she was Lower Saxony's Minister of Culture in the Weil I cabinet,[16] a member of the Bundesrat and Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation in Celle.
In the German Bundestag
In the 2021 Bundestag election, Heiligenstadt stood as a direct candidate in the constituency of Goslar - Northeim - Osterode and in 10th place on the SPD state list. She won the direct mandate for her constituency [17] and thus belongs to the 20th German Bundestag. She resigned her state parliament mandate; Renate Geuter moved up for her. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Heiligenstadt was among the supporters of a general vaccination requirement in Germany.[18]
