Jessica Rosenthal

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Jessica Rosenthal
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Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Chairwoman of the Jusos
Assumed office
8 January 2021
Preceded byKevin Kühnert
Personal details
Born (1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 30)
Hamelin, Lower Saxony
NationalityGerman
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
OccupationSchool teacher
Politician

Jessica Rosenthal (born 28 October 1992) is a German politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been a member of the Bundestag since 2021, representing the Bonn district.

Early life

Rosenthal was born 1992 in Hameln. She studied teaching.[1]

Political career

Rosenthal joined the SPD in 2013. In January 2021 she was elected chairwoman of the Young Socialists in the SPD.[2]

Rosenthal was elected to the Bundestag in 2021.[3] In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following elections, she was part of her party's delegation in the working group on education policy, co-chaired by Andreas Stoch, Felix Banaszak and Jens Brandenburg.[4]

In parliament, Rosenthal has since been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.[5] Within her own parliamentary group, she is part of a working group on migration and integration.[6]

Other activities

Political positions

Amid the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rosenthal opposed the Scholz government's effort to change Germany’s constitution to allow for a credit-based special defense fund of 100 billion euros ($107.35 billion).[9]

References

  1. ^ "Jessica Rosenthal: NRW-Juso-Chefin will Kevin Kühnert beerben". Die Welt. 6 August 2020.
  2. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl".
  3. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Startseite".
  4. ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  5. ^ Jessica Rosenthal Bundestag.
  6. ^ Jessica Rosenthal SPD Group in the German Parliament.
  7. ^ Bundestag setzt Parlamentarisches Kontrollgremium ein Bundestag, 24 March 2022.
  8. ^ Jessica Rosenthal Bundestag.
  9. ^ Sabine Siebold and Sarah Marsh (25 May 2022), Tanks, but no ammo – Germany's Ukraine pledges show military muddle Reuters.