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Britta REIMERS



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Constituencies

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  • Freie Demokratische Partei icon: DE Germany 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

Groups

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  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Member of Committee on Fisheries 2009/07/16 2011/09/11
Member of Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 2009/07/16 2012/01/18
Substitute of Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 2010/06/17 2011/06/30
Substitute of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 2011/07/28 2012/01/18
Member of Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 2012/01/19 2014/06/30
Substitute of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 2012/01/19 2014/06/30

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee 2009/09/16 2012/01/26

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/2100(INI) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Future of Europe's horticulture sector - strategies for growth
Opinion Committee Shadow 2013/0141(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Protective measures against pests of plants
Former Committee Opinion 2013/0140(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/0063(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/0260(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Production and marketing of honey: pollen in honey; aligning the Directive with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/0075(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Food safety: aligning certain acts with the TFEU; powers conferred on the Commission
Former Committee Opinion 2011/2020(BUD) PECH Fisheries 2012 budget: all sections
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/0416(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Agricultural holdings: network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation; Commission delegated and implementing powers
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/0286(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0282(COD) ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/0281(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products 2014-2020. Single CMO Regulation
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0276(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0231(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Aromatised wine products: definition, description, presentation, labelling, and protection of geographical indications
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0177(APP) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
Responsible Committee 2010/0372(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Common agricultural policy (CAP): support schemes for farmers, voluntary modulation of direct payments; alignment of the Regulation with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
Responsible Committee Shadow 2010/0362(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Milk and milk products sector: contractual relations
Responsible Committee Shadow 2010/0353(COD) AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Opinion Committee Shadow 2009/2108(INI) PECH Fisheries Report on the implementation of EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
George LYON icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 340
Marit PAULSEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 238
Liam AYLWARD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Ireland Ireland 177
Sylvie GOULARD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 147
Peter JAHR icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 145
Holger KRAHMER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 130
Albert DESS icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 117
Elisabeth JEGGLE icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 102
Christa KLASS icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 92
Elisabeth KÖSTINGER icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 76
Anne E. JENSEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Denmark Denmark 70
Marian HARKIN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Ireland Ireland 65
Kent JOHANSSON icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 53
Herbert DORFMANN icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 51
Anja WEISGERBER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 37
Phil BENNION icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 35
Karl-Heinz FLORENZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 29
Erik BÁNKI icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 29
Horst SCHNELLHARDT icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 29
Sophie AUCONIE icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 29
Lena EK icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 29
Giovanni LA VIA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 24
James NICHOLSON icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 23
Martin KASTLER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 22
Vincenzo IOVINE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 21
Milan ZVER icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 20
Hans-Peter MAYER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 19
Zofija MAZEJ KUKOVIČ icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 17
Marielle DE SARNEZ icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 17
Mairead McGUINNESS icon: PPE PPE icon: Ireland Ireland 17
Giommaria UGGIAS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 16
Carl HAGLUND icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Finland Finland 16
Richard SEEBER icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 15
Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 15
Esther DE LANGE icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 12
Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 11
Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 10
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI icon: ECR ECR icon: Poland Poland 10
Patrick LE HYARIC icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: France France 9
Richard ASHWORTH icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 9
Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 8
Silvia COSTA icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 8
Jürgen KLUTE icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Germany Germany 8
Robert ROCHEFORT icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 8
Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 8
Nathalie GRIESBECK icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 8
Daciana Octavia SÂRBU icon: S&D S&D icon: Romania Romania 8
Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 7
Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 7
Thomas ULMER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 6
Catherine SOULLIE icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 6
Elisabetta GARDINI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 6
Sergio BERLATO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 6
Jill EVANS icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 6
Bas EICKHOUT icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 6
Isabella LÖVIN icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Sweden Sweden 6
Julie GIRLING icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 5
Ulrike RODUST icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 5
Astrid LULLING icon: PPE PPE icon: Luxembourg Luxembourg 5
Riikka PAKARINEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Finland Finland 4
Pat the Cope GALLAGHER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Ireland Ireland 4
Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Greece Greece 3
Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 3
Bill NEWTON DUNN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 3
Jan MULDER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 3
Reimer BÖGE icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 2
Monika HOHLMEIER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 2
Dominique RIQUET icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 2
Christofer FJELLNER icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 2
Petri SARVAMAA icon: PPE PPE icon: Finland Finland 2
Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 2
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Antonyia PARVANOVA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 1
Brian SIMPSON icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Sandra KALNIETE icon: PPE PPE icon: Latvia Latvia 1
Ivars GODMANIS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Latvia Latvia 1
Kārlis ŠADURSKIS icon: PPE PPE icon: Latvia Latvia 1
Krišjānis KARIŅŠ icon: PPE PPE icon: Latvia Latvia 1
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 1
Pilar AYUSO icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 1
María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 1
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 1
Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 1
Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 1
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 1
Marco SCURRIA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 1
Giancarlo SCOTTÀ icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 1

By types

Amendments (1192)
Opinions (2)
Plenary speeches (70)
Reports (1)
Shadow opinions (6)
Shadow reports (9)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
1172011/0281(COD)Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products 2014-2020. Single CMO Regulation
1112011/0282(COD)European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
712011/0280(COD)Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
712011/2051(INI)CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
572011/0288(COD)Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020
482013/0137(COD)Plant reproductive material: production and making available on the market
372008/0028(COD)Food information to consumers
352012/0297(COD)Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment: provisions concerning the quality of the EIA
342012/0288(COD)Fuels and energy from renewable sources: transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings
312012/0042(COD)Greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF): accounting rules and information on actions
272012/0337(COD)General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020: 'Living well, within the limits of our planet'. 7th Environment Action Programme
272011/2114(INI)Farm input supply chain: structure and implications
212009/2157(INI)EU agriculture and climate change
192011/2095(INI)Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
192010/2111(INI)EU protein deficit: what solution for a long standing problem?
192009/2236(INI)Future of the CAP after 2013
172012/2043(INI)EU srategy for the protection and welfare of animals 2012-2015
172011/2068(INI)Resource-efficient Europe
172013/2098(INI)Regional branding: towards best practice in rural economies
162011/2297(INI)Implementation of EU water legislation, ahead of a necessary overall approach to European water challenges
152012/2041(INI)Microbial challenge - rising threats from antimicrobial resistance
152010/2112(INI)Recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security
142013/0141(COD)Protective measures against pests of plants
142012/0278(COD)Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Nagoya Protocol 2010): compliance measures for users in the Union
142011/2108(INI)Honeybee health and the challenges for the beekeeping sector
142009/2155(INI)Simplification of the CAP
132011/0429(COD)Water policy: priority substances
132011/0401(COD)Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation 2014-2020
122011/0229(COD)Food safety: electronic identification of bovine animals and beef labelling
122010/0208(COD)Genetically modified organisms (GMOs): possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory
112012/0260(COD)Production and marketing of honey: pollen in honey; aligning the Directive with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
112011/2307(INI)Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
112010/0353(COD)Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
102010/0362(COD)Milk and milk products sector: contractual relations
102010/2100(INI)EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges
92012/2031(INI)Protection of animals during transport
92009/2156(INI)Agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: a special health check
92009/2153(INI)Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
82013/2091(INI)Food crisis, fraud in the food chain and control thereof
82012/0295(COD)Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) 2014-2020
82012/2259(INI)Current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy on the European internal energy market
82011/0402(CNS)Specific programme implementing the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
82010/2054(INI)Role of women in agriculture and rural areas
82010/0257(COD)Integrated maritime policy: programme to support the further development
82009/2107(INI)New impetus for the strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture
72013/0140(COD)Official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
72010/2110(INI)EU agriculture and international trade
72009/2106(INI)Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy
62013/0087(COD)Common agricultural policy (CAP): adjustment rate to direct payments in respect of the year 2013
62012/0202(COD)Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading: timing of auctions
62013/2097(INI)Maintaining milk production in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions after the expiry of the milk quota regime
62010/2210(INI)Combating illegal fishing at the global level - the role of the EU
52013/0117(COD)Transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
52011/0416(COD)Agricultural holdings: network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation; Commission delegated and implementing powers
52011/0286(COD)Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013
52010/2206(INI)Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe
52010/2106(INI)Commission Green Paper "On forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change"
52009/2202(INI)Evaluation and assessment of the animal welfare action plan 2006-2010
52010/2040(INI)Integrated maritime policy (IMP) - Evaluation of progress made and new challenges
42009/2105(INI)Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow?
42013/2145(BUD)2014 general budget: all sections
42011/0177(APP)Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
42011/0276(COD)Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
42010/0370(COD)Specific measures for agriculture in the smaller Aegean islands
42010/0354(COD)Agricultural products: marketing standards
42010/0372(COD)Common agricultural policy (CAP): support schemes for farmers, voluntary modulation of direct payments; alignment of the Regulation with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
42010/2211(INI)Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
42011/2020(BUD)2012 budget: all sections
42010/2001(BUD)2011 budget: all sections, first version
32012/2016(BUD)2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
32011/2107(INI)Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding
32010/0254(COD)Fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption
32009/2237(INI)Fair revenues for farmers: a better functioning food supply chain in Europe
32009/2238(INI)Arrangements for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the EU with a view to the future reform of the CFP
22013/0063(COD)Trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products
22011/0231(COD)Aromatised wine products: definition, description, presentation, labelling, and protection of geographical indications
22011/2113(INI)Trade for change: EU trade and investment strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab spring revolutions
22010/0267(COD)Common agricultural policy CAP: common rules for support schemes for farmers
22009/2062(REG)EP Rules of Procedure: adaptation of the Rules to the Treaty of Lisbon
12011/0409(COD)Sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems
12011/0228(COD)Food safety: computer databases for identification of bovine animals and swine
12011/2175(INI)How to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU
12013/0136(COD)Transmissible animal diseases
12012/0040(COD)Animal health requirements: intra-Union trade in and imports into the Union of dogs, cats and ferrets
12013/2528(RSP)Decision on the opening of, and on the mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal for a regulation establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy
12011/0093(COD)Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection: implementation
12011/0239(COD)Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers
12011/0117(COD)Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP)
12010/0258(COD)Carriage of goods by road: statistical returns. Recast
12011/2126(BUD)Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument: European neighbourhood policy
12011/0147(COD)European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF): temporary derogation
12010/0251(COD)Financial markets: short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps
12009/0156(NLE)EC/Canada agreement: civil aviation safety
12010/0280(COD)Economic governance: strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies. 'Six pack'
12010/2302(INI)Credit rating agencies: future perspectives
12010/0036(COD)Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association process
12010/0080(COD)Common fisheries policy (CFP): Community financial measures for the implementation of the CFP and in the area of the Law of the Sea
12008/0196(COD)Consumer rights
12010/2095(INI)Industrial policy for the globalised era
12011/2538(RSP)Resolution on rising food prices
12008/0241(COD)Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
12010/2979(RSP)Resolution on the EU laying hens industry: the ban on the use of battery cages from 2012
12008/0227(COD)Metrology
12009/0153(COD)Aquaculture: use of alien and locally absent species
12009/0064(COD)Alternative Investment Fund Managers
12009/0051(COD)Scheme of control and enforcement applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries
12007/0286(COD)Industrial emissions - Integrated pollution prevention and control. Recast
12009/0005(COD)Reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States
12009/2070(DEC)2008 discharge: EU general budget, Council
12009/2090(INI)ECB annual report for 2008
12009/2663(RSP)Resolution on the crisis in the dairy farming sector
12013/2100(INI)Future of Europe's horticulture sector - strategies for growth
12012/0075(COD)Food safety: aligning certain acts with the TFEU; powers conferred on the Commission
12009/2108(INI)Report on the implementation of EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity

See historical changes of the Bio

Born

1971/07/27 - Itzehoe

  • Advanced school-leaving certificate (1992). Practical experience of farming (1992-1993); studied agriculture at Kiel Agricultural Institute (without graduating) (1993-1995); trainee farmer (1995-1996); state-examined farmer (1996-1999). Began work on husband's farm (1995); took over father's farm and merged it with husband's farm (2002).
  • Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (2004-2012); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).
  • Member of Steinburg district assembly (2008-2009).
  • Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main regional committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2012); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

CV/1
Old
Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).
New
Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (2004-2012); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).
CV/3
Old
Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (since 2004); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).
New
Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main regional committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2012); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).
CV
  • Advanced school-leaving certificate (1992). Practical experience of farming (1992-1993); studied agriculture at Kiel Agricultural Institute (without graduating) (1993-1995); trainee farmer (1995-1996); state-examined farmer (1996-1999). Began work on husband's farm (1995); took over father's farm and merged it with husband's farm (2002).
  • Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (since 2004); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).
  • Member of Steinburg district assembly (2008-2009).
  • Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).