Edith Sitzmann
{{Short description|German politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Edith Sitzmann
|image = Sitzmann 2016.jpg
|caption = Sitzmann in 2016
|office = Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
|term_start = August 2002
|term_end =
|office2 = Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg
|term_start2 = May 2016
|term_end2 = 2021
|predecessor2 =Nils Schmid
|successor2 = Danyal Bayaz
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|4}}
|birth_place = Regensburg, West Germany
{{small|(now Germany)}}
|nationality = German
|party = Alliance 90/The Greens
}}
Edith Sitzmann (born 4 January 1963, Regensburg) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party served as State Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg from 2017 to 2021. She was also a member of the State Parliament, representing the {{ill|Freiburg II constituency|de|Landtagswahlkreis Freiburg II}}. From 2011 to 2016, she led the Green Party's Group in the State Parliament.
Early life and education
Sitzmann was born on 4 January 1963 in Regensburg. She studied the humanities at the University of Freiburg, the University of Regensburg, and Heidelberg University. Sitzmann earned a magister degree in 1989, then began working until 1991 as a tour guide for American exchange students.
Political career
Sitzmann joined the Alliance 90/The Greens party. From 1993 to 2001, she was a personal friend of and adviser to Dieter Salomon, a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. From 1994, she also worked as a freelance presenter and consultant for non-profit organizations until 2001, when she started her own business. In that time, Sitzmann also joined the district board of Alliance 90/The Greens from 1993 to
1994, and then the party's state board from 1995 to 1999.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
In the negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under the leadership of Kretschmann following the 2016 state elections, Sitzmann led her party’s delegation in the working group on integration.[https://www.gruene-bw.de/gruene-starten-koalitionsverhandlungen-mit-der-cdu/ Grüne starten in Koalitionsverhandlungen mit der CDU] Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 6 April 2016.
In May 2016, Sitzmann was appointed State Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg. She announced in 2020 that she would not stand for reelection in the 2021 state elections.{{cite news|last1=Krauß|first1=Bärbel|last2=Rebhan|first2=Christiane|title=Warum Edith Sitzmann und Franz Untersteller sich zurückziehen|url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.kretschmanns-ministerriege-tritt-ab-warum-edith-sitzmann-und-franz-untersteller-sich-zurueckziehen.2c8d52b6-babf-4c82-8321-07e62160134d.html|date=23 January 2020|language=de|work=Stuttgarter Nachrichten|accessdate=25 March 2020}}
Other activities
=Corporate boards=
- EnBW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[https://www.enbw.com/company/the-group/about-us/supervisory-board/ Supervisory Board] EnBW.
- KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[https://www.kfw.de/KfW-Group/About-KfW/Vorstand-und-Gremien/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BCsse/ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816142705/https://www.kfw.de/KfW-Group/About-KfW/Vorstand-und-Gremien/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BCsse/ |date=2017-08-16 }} KfW.
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[https://www.lbbw.de/group/landesbank-baden-wuerttemberg/aufsichtsrat/supervisory-board_7v4kzduaq_e.html Supervisory Board] Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
=Non-profit organizations=
- German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)[https://www.landtag-bw.de/home/der-landtag/abgeordnete/abgeordnetenprofile/die-grunen/sitzmann.html Edith Sitzmann] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101230930/https://www.landtag-bw.de/home/der-landtag/abgeordnete/abgeordnetenprofile/die-grunen/sitzmann.html |date=2020-11-01 }} Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Member[https://www.landtag-bw.de/home/der-landtag/abgeordnete/abgeordnetenprofile/die-grunen/sitzmann.html Edith Sitzmann] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101230930/https://www.landtag-bw.de/home/der-landtag/abgeordnete/abgeordnetenprofile/die-grunen/sitzmann.html |date=2020-11-01 }} Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
Citations
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Category:People from Regensburg