Edith Sitzmann

Edith Sitzmann
Edith Sitzmann
	Sitzmann in 2016
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; August 2002
Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg
	In office; May 2016 – 2021
Preceded by	Nils Schmid
Succeeded by	Danyal Bayaz
Personal details
Born	January 4, 1963 (age 61); Regensburg, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	Alliance 90/The Greens

Edith Sitzmann (born 4 January 1963,

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 Freiburg II constituency [de

]. 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, 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

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Other activities

Corporate boards

EnBW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)^[3]
KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)^[4]
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)^[5]

Non-profit organizations

German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)^[6]
Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Member^[7]

Citations

^ Grüne starten in Koalitionsverhandlungen mit der CDU Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 6 April 2016.
^ Krauß, Bärbel; Rebhan, Christiane (23 January 2020). "Warum Edith Sitzmann und Franz Untersteller sich zurückziehen". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Supervisory Board EnBW.
^ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees Archived 2017-08-16 at the Wayback Machine KfW.
^ Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
^ Edith Sitzmann Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
^ Edith Sitzmann Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

[1] Grüne starten in Koalitionsverhandlungen mit der CDU Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 6 April 2016.

[2] Krauß, Bärbel; Rebhan, Christiane (23 January 2020). "Warum Edith Sitzmann und Franz Untersteller sich zurückziehen". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[3] Supervisory Board EnBW.

[4] Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees Archived 2017-08-16 at the Wayback Machine KfW.

[5] Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).

[6] Edith Sitzmann Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

[7] Edith Sitzmann Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

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