Katja Husen
{{Short description|German biologist and politician (1976–2022)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Katja Husen
| image = Katja husen 2006 (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Husen in 2006
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1976|06|12}}
| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|06|28|1976|06|12}}
| death_place = Bayrischzell, Bavaria, Germany
| children = 1
| occupation = Biologist
| years_active =
| known_for =
| education = {{ubl | Technical University of Braunschweig | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam }}
| nationality = German
| party = Alliance 90/The Greens
| office = Member of the Hamburg Parliament
| term_start = 17 March 2004
| term_end = 12 March 2008
}}
Katja Husen (12 June 1976 – 28 June 2022) was a German biologist and politician. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens, she was speaker of the party's youth organisation, Green Youth, and served in the Hamburg Parliament from 2004 to 2008. She was CEO of the Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg.
Early life and education
Husen was born in Istanbul, Turkey, on 12 June 1976, where she mostly lived until age six because of her father's job.{{cite web | url = https://www.ka-news.de/region/karlsruhe/katja-husen-im-interview-art-40419 | title = Katja Husen im Interview | website = ka-news.de | date = 16 May 2005 | language = de | access-date = 1 July 2022}} She attended schools in Kiel,{{cite web | url=https://giftbot.toolforge.org/deref.fcgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de%2Fcms_de.php%3Ftempl%3Dabg_detail.tpl%26sub1%3D63%26cont%3D605 | title = Katja Husen (GAL-Fraktion) | work = Hamburg Parliament | language = de | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002845/http://www.hamburgische-buergerschaft.de/cms_de.php?templ=abg_detail.tpl&sub1=63&cont=605 | archive-date = 27 September 2007}} including one exchange year in Portland, Oregon.{{cite news | last = Schirg | first = Oliver | url = https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article344390/Wer-bitte-schoen-ist-Katja-Husen.html | title = Wer, bitte schön, ist Katja Husen? | newspaper = Die Welt | date = 5 October 2004 | language = de | access-date = 28 June 2022}} After she graduated with an Abitur in 1995,{{Cite web |date=15 October 2011 |title=Katja Husen - Biografisches |url=http://www.katja-husen.de/zumir/index.html |access-date=2 July 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015142151/http://www.katja-husen.de/zumir/index.html |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead}} she studied biology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, graduating with a Diplom in 2001.
Political career
In 1997, Husen joined the Alliance 90/The Greens (GAL) party. She was speaker of the party's youth organisation, Green Youth, from 1998 to 2000.{{cite news | last = Zuschlag | first = André |url = https://taz.de/Katja-Husen-ist-tot/!5861234/ | title = Sie war eine grüne Hoffnungsfigur | newspaper = taz | date = 29 June 2022 | language = de | access-date = 1 July 2022}} She acted as a member of the party board of the Green Party in Hamburg between 2001 and 2002. Elected to the federal party board in 2002,{{Cite web |title=Bundesversammlungen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |url=https://www.boell.de/de/navigation/archiv-4290.html |access-date=2 July 2022 |website=Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung |language=de |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527154214/https://www.boell.de/de/navigation/archiv-4290.html |url-status=dead }} she served as its speaker in matters of women (frauenpolitische Sprecherin) until 2006.{{cite web | last = Wunder | first = Oliver | url = https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/unfall/gruenen-politikerin-ist-tot-katja-husen-46-stirbt-nach-fahrrad-unfall-2521188 | title = Grünen-Politikerin ist tot: Katja Husen (†46) stirbt nach Fahrrad-Unfall | newspaper = Tag24 | date = 28 June 2022 | language = de | access-date = 28 June 2022}} In 2004 she was re-elected as a member of the federal party board over Anja Hajduk, the then provincial chair of the Hamburg branch of the Green Party and member of the Bundestag (German Parliament).
She served in the Hamburg Parliament from 2004 to 2008.{{cite web | last = Dey | first = Andreas | url = https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article235749453/Gruenen-politikerin-stirbt-nach-fahrradunfall-mit-46-jahren-katja-husen.html | title = Grünen-Politikerin stirbt nach Fahrradunfall | newspaper = Hamburger Abendblatt | date = 28 June 2022 | language = de | access-date = 1 July 2022}} She was speaker for health politics of the GAL fraction, and a member of the budget committee, the health committee and the committee of consumer protection, and a substitute member of the science committee. She represented her parliamentary group in sub-committees for information and communication technology and administrative modernisation as well as for public service and human resources. She was not elected for the following term.{{Cite web |title=Katja Husen - Profil bei abgeordnetenwatch.de |url=https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/profile/katja-husen |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=www.abgeordnetenwatch.de |date=4 July 2007 |language=de}} In 2013 she was a candidate for the Bundestag representing Hamburg Wandsbek, but was not elected. In May 2019, when a new {{ill|black-green coalition|de|Schwarz-grüne Koalition}} took office in the borough diet of Eimsbüttel, it was suggested that she be elected as the borough's municipal councillor ({{ill|Bezirksamtsleiter|de}}) in replacement for a politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).{{cite news |last=Tangermann |first=Geli |date=17 September 2019 |title=Grünes Machtlabor Eimsbüttel |language=de |newspaper=Die Welt |url=https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/hamburg/article200414586/Gruenes-Machtlabor-Eimsbuettel.html |access-date=28 June 2022}} She collected only 25 votes, one short of the necessary 26 votes.{{cite news |last=Lauterbach |first=Jörn |date=20 December 2019 |title=Grüne in Hamburg erleben ihren Heide-Simonis-Moment |language=de |newspaper=Die Welt |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article204477926/Kommunalparlament-Gruene-in-Hamburg-erleben-ihren-Heide-Simonis-Moment.html |access-date=28 June 2022}}
Professional career
She became CEO of the medical centre's Centre for Molecular Neurobiology of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in 2009.{{cite news | url = https://www.mopo.de/hamburg/politik/hamburger-gruenen-politikerin-nach-fahrradunfall-verstorben/ | title = Hamburger Grünen-Politikerin nach Rad-Unfall verstorben | newspaper = Hamburger Morgenpost | date = 28 June 2022 | language = de | access-date = 28 June 2022}} and from 2012 she was also the CEO of the centre for dental health (Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde).
Personal life
Husen suffered head injuries from a fall off her bicycle in Bayrischzell, Bavaria, on 26 June 2022, while participating with her partner{{cite news | last = Weiser | first = Michael | title = "Entsetzlich für uns alle" - Was war die Ursache für den Todes-Radsturz der Grünen-Politikerin Katja Husen? | url = https://www.ovb-online.de/rosenheim/landkreis/rosenheim-was-war-die-ursache-fuer-den-todes-radsturz-der-gruenen-politikerin-katja-husen-beim-radmarathon-91638334.html | newspaper = OVB | date = 29 June 2022 | language = de | access-date = 2 July 2022 | archive-date = 15 July 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220715034348/https://www.ovb-online.de/rosenheim/landkreis/rosenheim-was-war-die-ursache-fuer-den-todes-radsturz-der-gruenen-politikerin-katja-husen-beim-radmarathon-91638334.html | url-status = dead }} in the 29th Rosenheimer Radmarathon. She died from her injuries on 28 June at a hospital.{{cite news | title = Nach Sturz bei Radmarathon am Sudelfeld: Frau (46) verstirbt im Krankenhaus | url = https://www.merkur.de/lokales/region-miesbach/dasgelbeblatt/polizei-sturz-mit-fahrrad-bei-rosenheimer-radmarathon-sudelfeld-91631951.html | newspaper = Münchner Merkur | date = 28 June 2022 | language = de | access-date = 28 June 2022}} She was 46 years old.
References
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External links
- {{official|https://web.archive.org/web/20111015142151/http://www.katja-husen.de/zumir/index.html}}
- [https://katjahusen.jimdofree.com/ Katja Husen] jimdofree.com
- [https://www.coachcox.co.uk/imstats/athlete/290517/ Katja Husen Results] coachcox.co.uk
- [https://www.gruene-hamburg.de/artikel/zum-tod-von-katja-husen/ Zum Tod von Katja Husen] (in German) gruene-hamburg.de
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