Daniela De Ridder

Daniela De Ridder (born 27 November 1962) is a German-Belgian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony from 2013 until 2021 and again since May 2022.[1][2]

Daniela De Ridder
Daniela De Ridder in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2013–2021
Assumed office
2022
Personal details
Born (1962-11-27) 27 November 1962
Kiel, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD
Children2
Alma mater

Political career

De Ridder first became a member of the Bundestag after the 2013 German federal election, representing the Mittelems district.[3] She was a member of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment before moving to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Sub-Committee on Civilian Crisis Prevention in 2018.[4] She was the committee's deputy chairwoman until September 2021.

In addition to her committee assignments, De Ridder has served as deputy chairwoman of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group with Belgium and Luxembourg (2014-2018) and the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group (2018-2021). Since 2018, she has also been part of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). In 2020, she joined the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.[5]

In the Bundestag election on September 26, 2021, De Ridder initially missed re-entry into parliament;[6][7] by June 2022, she took the seat of Yasmin Fahimi who had resigned from parliament.

Other activities
  • German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF), Member of the Board (2014-2018)

References
  1. Steffen Burkert (28 January 2022), Yasmin Fahimi will zum DGB: Sitzt Schüttorferin Daniela De Ridder bald wieder im Bundestag? Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
  2. Mike Röser (8 June 2022), Nachrückerin für Yasmin Fahimi: Daniela De Ridder aus Schüttorf wieder im Bundestag Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
  3. "Dr. Daniela De Ridder, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 23 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. "German Bundestag - Foreign Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. Members Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
  6. Mammes, Hermann-Josef. "Lange Zitterpartie: Wahlkreis Mittelems: Daniela De Ridder zieht nicht in Bundestag ein". www.noz.de. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. Mammes, Hermann-Josef. "Daniela De Ridder tragische Figur: Bundestagswahl 2021: CDU und SPD die großen Verlierer im Wahlkreis Mittelems". www.noz.de. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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