Katharina Fegebank

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Katharina Fegebank
First Mayor of Hamburg
Acting
In office
14 March 2018 – 28 March 2018
Second MayorHerself
Preceded byOlaf Scholz
Succeeded byPeter Tschentscher
Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens
in Hamburg
In office
7 May 2008 – 30 May 2015
DeputyManuel Sarrazin
Preceded byAnja Hajduk
Succeeded byAnna Gallina
Personal details
Born (1977-02-27) 27 February 1977 (age 47)
Alliance '90/The Greens

Katharina Fegebank (born 27 February 1977) is a German politician for the

First Mayor
in March 2018.

Background

Fegebank grew up in Bargteheide, as the daughter of two teachers.[1]

Political career

On 22 June 2008, Fegebank was elected chair of the

Bundesrat
.

Fegebank was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017[4][5] and in 2022.[6]

On 14 March 2018, Fegebank became the acting head of the government of Hamburg after

his government
.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Fegebank led her party's delegation in the working group on innovation and research; her co-chairs from the other parties are Thomas Losse-Müller and Lydia Hüskens.[8]

Other activities

Political positions

Fegebank supports a ban on full-face veils in schools, arguing that the burqa and the niqāb are "symbols of oppression".[18]

Katharina Fegebank rejects a rent cap in Hamburg. Hamburg is one of the most expensive citys related to rents.[19][20]

Personal life

Fegebank has been in a relationship with businessman Mathias Wolf since 2015. In 2018, she became a mother of twin daughters.[21] The family lives in Hamburg's Eilbek district.[22] In July 2019, the family's house was vandalized.[23]

References

  1. ^ ""Erklären konnte ich schon immer gut"". Die Welt. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ ddp Deutscher Depeschendienst GmbH: Fegebank zur Nachfolgerin Hajduks als GAL-Chefin gewählt, 22 June 2008, retrieved 23 June 2008.
  3. ^ Der Hamburger Senat, Hamburg.de, 4 May 2016.
  4. ^ Wahl von 13 Mitgliedern für die am 12.02.2017 zusammentretende 16. Bundesversammlung Hamburg Parliament, decision of November 3, 2016.
  5. ^ SPD Hamburg schickt Eggert Voscherau Die Welt, November 29, 2016.
  6. ^ Bürgerschaft: Stimmberechtigte für Bundespräsidentenwahl gewählt Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 15 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Nachrichten aus Hamburg".
  8. ^ Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  9. ^ Foundation Aby Warburg Foundation.
  10. ^ Board of Trustees Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg.
  11. ^ Advisory Board Alexander Otto Sportstiftung.
  12. ^ Board of Trustees Hamburgische Regenbogenstiftung.
  13. ^ Supervisory Board Hamburg Media School (HMS).
  14. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
    .
  15. ^ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law.
  16. ^ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Meteorology.
  17. ^ Board of Trustees University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
  18. ^ "German authorities, politicians divided on niqab, burqa ban | DW | 08.02.2020". Deutsche Welle.
  19. ^ "Katharina Fegebank im Interview: Grünen-Spitzenkandidatin in Hamburg: „Von einem Mietendeckel halten wir nichts"". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  20. ^ Horch, Wolfgang (2022-08-27). "Immobilien: Wie die Mieten in Hamburg im Metropolenvergleich abschneiden". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  21. ^ Nina Gessner (November 19, 2018), Doppeltes Babyglück Katharina Fegebank bringt Zwillinge zur Welt Hamburger Morgenpost.
  22. ^ Marc Hasse and Andreas Dey (July 11, 2018), Schwangere Fegebank: "Wurden vom Zeitpunkt überrascht" Hamburger Abendblatt.
  23. ^ Farbanschlag auf das Haus von Katharina Fegebank Die Welt, July 8, 2019.

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