Simone Borchardt

Borchardt studied at the Leipzig University of Education from 1987 to 1992, aiming to become a teacher at secondary level I.{{cite news |last1=Rübel |first1=Jan |title=Die Praktikerin: Simone Borchardt |url=https://www.das-parlament.de/panorama/personalia/die-praktikerin-simone-borchardt | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=das-parlament.de |date=19 October 2023 |language=de}} She graduated with the first state examination. She also completed further training as a health insurance business administrator from 2001 to 2003 and a master's distance learning program in health management at Wismar University of Applied Sciences between 2018 and 2020.

After completing her first degree, she held various positions at Barmer Ersatzkasse from 1992. From January 2012 to April 2017, she was the regional managing director of Barmer in Schwerin, having previously held the deputy position since 2007.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Simone Borchardt soll Oberbürgermeisterin werden. |url=https://cdu-schwerin.com/ob-wahl-in-schwerin-2016/ | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=cdu-schwerin.com |date= |language=de}} After working briefly for Barmer in Rostock, she was a health policy officer at Barmer's regional office in Hamburg from September 2018. In June 2019, she moved to the International Federation, where she became head of the nursing division and management representative for PWG gGmbH.

Simone Borchardt is divorced and has two children. She lives in the municipality of Warnow (near Grevesmühlen). She is of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Abgeordnete |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=bundestag.de |date= |language=de}}

Borchardt has been a member of the CDU since 2013. In 2016, she stood for the party in the Schwerin mayoral election,{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Simone Borchardt kämpft für die CDU um den OB-Sessel |url=https://schwerin-lokal.de/simone-borchardt-kaempft-fuer-die-cdu-um-den-ob-sessel/ | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=schwerin-lokal.de |date=17 July 2015 |language=de}} in which she received 18.2 per cent of the vote and came in third.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Die zweite Runde muss entscheiden |url=https://www.svz.de/lokales/schwerin/artikel/die-zweite-runde-muss-entscheiden-40453314 | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=svz.de |date=4 September 2016 |language=de}}  

In the 2021 Bundestag election, Simone Borchardt stood in the Bundestag constituency of Ludwigslust-Parchim II - Nordwestmecklenburg II - Landkreis Rostock I, where she came second with 18.2 per cent of the first-place vote.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=013: Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I |url=https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2021/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-13/wahlkreis-13.html | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=bundeswahlleiterin.de |date= |language=de}} She entered the 20th German Bundestag via the state list,{{cite news |last1=Rohrer |first1=Benjamin |title="So stellt sich die Union in der Gesundheitspolitik auf" |url=https://www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/so-stellt-sich-die-union-in-der-gesundheitspolitik-auf-130210/ | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=pharmazeutische-zeitung.de|date=2021-12-13 |language=de}} on which she was ranked third. She is a member of the Petitions Committee. She is a member of the Petitions Committee and the Health Committee.

In April 2023, she was one of two CDU/CSU parliamentary group members to vote to set up a committee of inquiry into the Coronavirus at the request of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Aufarbeitung angestrebt CORONA Kein Untersuchungsausschuss zur Pandemie" |url=https://www.das-parlament.de/epaper/2023/17/epaper/ausgabe.pdf | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=das-parlament.de |date=2023-04-17 |language=de}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Einsetzung des 2. Untersuchungsausschusses der 20. Wahlperiode (Bekämpfung des Corona-Virus)" |url=https://www.bundestag.de/parlament/plenum/abstimmung/abstimmung/?id=841&enodia=eyJleHAiOjE3MjEyOTAwMzEsImNvbnRlbnQiOnRydWUsImF1ZCI6ImF1dGgiLCJIb3N0Ijoid3d3LmJ1bmRlc3RhZy5kZSIsIlNvdXJjZUlQIjoiMTg1LjI0MS4yMDguMjQzIiwiQ29uZmlnSUQiOiI4ZGFkY2UxMjVmZDJjMzkzMmI5NDNiNTJlOWQyY2Q2NTA1NzU0ZTE2MjIxMmEyY2UxYmI1YWYxNWMwZDRiYmZlIn0=.iv0tDkha60XwVOxBET8quukY8C9UdXjHq9QLi38tx_o= | access-date=23 July 2024 |work=bundestag.de |date=19 April 2023 |language=de}}

Within the CDU in 2021, Borchardt is the district chairwoman of the Women's Union of Northwest Mecklenburg and a member of the Union of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and the Economy.

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• [https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/borchardt_simone-860762 Biography at the German Bundestag]
• [https://www.simone-borchardt.de/ Website of Simone Borchardt]

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