Dunja Kreiser
{{Short description|German politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dunja Kreiser
| image = Dunja Kreiser (2021).jpg
| caption =
| office = Member of the Bundestag
| term_start = 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = Sigmar Gabriel
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|06|27}}
| birth_place = Wolfenbüttel, West Germany
{{small|(now Germany)}}
| party = SPD
| nationality = German
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
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Dunja Eleonore Angelika Kreiser (born 27 June 1971 in Wolfenbüttel) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021.
Life
Before joining politics, Kreiser worked as a sewage supervisor for the city of Wolfenbüttel. From 1987 to 1990, Kreiser trained as a supply and waste disposal specialist. Kreiser worked as a wastewater master for the city of Wolfenbüttel until 2017 when she was elected in the state election to the Lower Saxony state parliament for the electoral district Wolfenbüttel-Nord.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="SPD-Landesliste vom 03.09.2017" |url=https://www.spdnds.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2017/08/Landesliste_2017.pdf |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=spdnds.de |date=3 September 2017 |language=de}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Neu im Landtag" |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/landtagswahl_2017/Die-neuen-Abgeordneten-im-Landtag,landtagswahl1516.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=ndr.de|date= |language=de}}
Kreiser is married and has one child.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Dunja Kreiser, SPD" |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/landtagswahl_2017/landtagswahl3836.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=ndr.de|date= |language=de}} She is a Protestant.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Dunja Kreiser, SPD Abwassermeisterin" |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/kreiser_dunja-860868 |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=bundestag.de |date= |language=de}}
Political career
Dunja Kreiser stood as a direct candidate in the Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel constituency in the 2021 federal election and stood in 12th place on the SPD state list.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Bundestagswahl 2021, Reihung der Landesliste" |url=https://www.spdnds.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2021/05/SPD_NDS_BTW_Landesliste_Beschluss_Reihung_1-65.pdf |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=spdnds.de |date= |language=de}} She won her constituency with 38.6% of the first-place votes.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Alle Ergebnisse und Sieger im Wahlkreis Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel" |url=https://www.welt.de/politik/bundestagswahl/article231686299/Salzgitter-Wolfenbuettel-Wahlergebnis-Sieger-Wahlkreis-49-Bundestagswahl-2021.html |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=welt.de |date=4 October 2021 |language=de}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Wahlergebnis Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel" |url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl/wahlergebnis-salzgitter-wolfenbuettel-wahlkreis-49-live |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=welt.de |date=15 October 2021 |language=de}} She then resigned her seat in the state parliament. Maximilian Schmidt succeeded her in the state parliament.
Kreiser is a full member of the Committee on the Interior and Home Affairs in the Bundestag. She is also a deputy member of the Sports Committee and the Economic Committee.
In addition to her committee assignments, Kreiser chairs the German-Mexican Parliamentary Friendship Group.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Deutsch-Mexikanische Parlamentariergruppe" |url=https://www.bundestag.de/europa_internationales/parlamentariergruppen#pargroup=473052&scroll=mod442314 |access-date=14 February 2023 |work=bundestag.de |date= |language=de}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.dunja-kreiser.de/ Website of Dunja Kreiser]
- [https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/kreiser_dunja-860868 Biography at the German Bundestag]
- [https://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/abgeordnete-und-fraktionen/abgeordnete/details/dunja-kreiser/ State Parliament of Lower Saxony: Dunja Kreiser] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002095038/https://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/abgeordnete-und-fraktionen/abgeordnete/details/dunja-kreiser/ |date=2 October 2021 }}
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Category:Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
Category:Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony
Category:21st-century German women politicians
Category:Female members of the Bundestag
Category:Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Category:Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Category:People from Wolfenbüttel