Kerstin Westphal
Kerstin Westphal 2019 | |
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| Constituency | Germany |
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| Born | 11 September 1962 Hamburg, Germany |
| Political party |  GermanSocial Democratic Party  European UnionParty of European Socialists |
Kerstin Westphal (born 11 September 1962) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.[1]
Early career
Before entering politics Westphal was employed as a child care worker and
nursery school
teacher.
Political career
From 1996 until 2008 Westphal served as a municipal councillor in Schweinfurt.
Westphal first became a
Committee on Regional Development and the Parliament's delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area
(EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee. She was also a member of the delegation for relations with the United States from 2010 until 2014.
In addition to her committee assignments, Westphal served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara[2] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime).[3]
Westphal was not re-elected in the
2019 elections. Shortly after, she announced her intention to run as her party’s candidate for the office of Mayor of Würzburg in the 2020 municipal election.[4]
Other activities
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
References
- ^ "Home | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.
- ^ Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) European Parliament.
- ^ Barbara Markus (June 21, 2019), Würzburg: SPD schickt Kerstin Westphal ins Rennen um OB-Sessel Bayerischer Rundfunk.
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