Simone Fischer

{{Short description|German politician (born 1979)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Simone Fischer

| image = Simone Fischer 2025 in Stuttgart.jpg

| caption = Simone Fischer (centre) in 2025

| office = Member of the Bundestag

| term_start = 2025

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| party = Alliance 90/The Greens

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|24 June 1979|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Buchen, Germany

| alma_mater = Kehl University

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Simone Fischer (born 24 June 1979) is a German politician from the Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2025 German federal election.

Life

Simone Fischer grew up in the Neckar-Odenwald district. After graduating from high school, she studied public administration at {{Ill|Kehl University|de|Hochschule Kehl}} and subsequently held various positions in the social and healthcare sectors of the city of Stuttgart.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-24 |title=Simone Fischer - Über mich |url=https://simone-fischer-stuttgart.de/ueber-mich/}}

Since 2021, she has been the Baden-Württemberg State Government’s Commissioner for the Concerns of People with Disabilities.

She lives with her partner in the west of Stuttgart. Fischer has dwarfism.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-28 |title=Simone Fischer zur neuen Landes-Behindertenbeauftragten bestellt |url=https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/presse/pressemitteilung/pid/simone-fischer-zur-neuen-landes-behindertenbeauftragten-bestellt-1/?pk_medium=newsletter&pk_campaign=210928_newsletter_daily&pk_source=newsletter_daily&pk_keyword=menschen_mit_behin |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Baden-Württemberg.de |language=de}}

Political career

Since 2024, Simone Fischer has been a Green City Councillor in the Stuttgart City Council.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-24 |publisher=Geschäftsstelle der Gemeinderatsfraktion von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |title=Simone Fischer |url=https://lust-auf-stadt.de/team/simone-fischer/}}

In the 2025 German federal election, Fischer ran in the Stuttgart I constituency.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-24 |author=C. Erdkönig, M.-J. Heinsch |date=2025-02-24 |title=Sechs Kandidaten aus BW bekommen trotz Wahlkreissiegs keinen Sitz im Bundestag |url=https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/bundestagswahl-diese-kandidaten-bw-ziehen-direkt-in-den-bundestag-100.html |website=SWR Aktuell}}{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-24 |author=O. Miles-Paul |date=2025-02-12 |title=Simone Fischer sucht im Bundestagswahlkampf den direkten Kontakt zu Bürger*innen |url=https://kobinet-nachrichten.org/2025/02/12/simone-fischer-sucht-im-bundestagswahlkampf-den-direkten-kontakt-zu-buergerinnen/ |website=Kobinet-Nachrichten}} She won this constituency as well as a direct mandate with 28.3%, a margin of only 5 votes.{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-25 |date=2025-02-24 |title=Nach Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen keine neue Auszählung in Stuttgart |url=https://www.t-online.de/region/stuttgart/id_100610320/nach-kopf-an-kopf-rennen-keine-neue-auszaehlung-in-stuttgart.html |website=t-online}}{{cite web|access-date=2025-02-25 |author=K. Schwarz |date=2025-02-25 |title=Fünf Stimmen machen den Unterschied für die Grünen |url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.bundestagswahl-2025-in-stuttgart-fuenf-stimmen-machen-den-unterschied-fuer-die-gruenen.53af108c-37c7-4012-8bf0-78b23bec2e1e.html |website=Stuttgarter Nachrichten}}

Other activities

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