Anna Kassautzki
{{Short description|German politician}}
{{Expand German|topic=bio|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anna Kassautzki
| image = Anna Kassautzki (2021).jpg
| caption =
| office = Member of the Bundestag
from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
| term_start = 26 September 2021
| term_end = March 2025
| predecessor = Angela Merkel
| constituency = Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|12|25}}
| birth_place = Heidelberg, Germany
| party = SPD
| nationality = German
| children =
| alma_mater = University of Passau, University of Greifswald
| occupation = Politician, Student
}}
Anna Katharina Kassautzki (born 25 December 1993) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2021, representing the Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I constituency.
Political career
Kassautzki joined the SPD in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete#url=L2FiZ2VvcmRuZXRlL2Jpb2dyYWZpZW4vSy9rYXNzYXV0emtpX2FubmEtODYwODIy&mod=mod862712&dir=ltr|title=Anna Kaussautzki, SPD|publisher=Deutscher Bundestag|language=de}}
In the 2021 German federal election, Kassautzki won the Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I constituency in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. This was significant as it was the seat that the former Chancellor, Angela Merkel, had held for the Christian Democrats for the previous 30 years, before Kassautzki was born.{{Cite news|date=27 September 2021|title=Seat held by Merkel since 1990 won by SPD candidate born in 1993|author=Philip Oltermann|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/27/rival-spd-party-wins-district-held-angela-merkel-1990-anna-kassautzki|access-date=14 October 2021}} In parliament, she has since been on the Committee on Digitization and the Committee on Agriculture.
Within her parliamentary group, Kassautzki belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.Okan Bellikli (30 September 2021), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anna-kassautzki-die-merkel-nachfolgerin-von-der-spd-a-a55df3f3-89dc-4bbe-b3e2-a2b76215d6d7 SPD-Politikerin Anna Kassautzki: Merkels Nachfolgerin in der Provinz] Der Spiegel.
Other activities
- Foundation for Data Protection, Member of the advisory board (since 2022){{cite press release|url=https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw22-de-wahl-gremien-894014 |title=Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt|trans-title=Elected members of several committees|publisher=Deutscher Bundestag |date= 25 September 2022|language=de}}
- Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the advisory board (since 2022)[https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Allgemeines/Bundesnetzagentur/BeiraeteundAusschuesse/Beirat/MitgliederBeirat/Mitglieder.pdf;jsessionid=D9BF371E5C8AB465A1D99C4101798F48?__blob=publicationFile&v=133 Members of the Advisory Board] Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA)
- {{cite press release|url=https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2022/kw07-de-wahl-gremien-879542 |title=Mitglieder mehrerer Gremien gewählt|trans-title=Elected members of several committees|publisher=Deutscher Bundestag |date= 17 February 2022|language=de}}. - German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), member (since 2016)
- Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem, Member
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Category:Female members of the Bundestag
Category:Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Category:Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany