Biography

1977 Abitur (A-levels), commercial vocational school, completion of Kaufmannsgehilfenbrief (IHK). 1977 to 1979 apprenticeship as data processing clerk at LKS Datenservice AG in Saarbrücken.

1979 to 1984 programmer at ASKO Deutsche Kaufhaus AG, 1985 to 1990 at Saarbrücken Public Utilities. 1998 to 2000 State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing.

Member of ver.di, Pro Familia, Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Verein zur Förderung einer Städtepartnerschaft Saarbrücken-Diriamba, Verein Miteinander leben und lernen e. V., Verein für Frauenkultur und Frauenbildung e. V. and Verein gegen sexuelle Ausbeutung von Mädchen e. V. (Nele).

Member of the SPD since 1983. 1984 to 1989 member of the district council Mitte of the state capital Saarbrücken. 1991 to 1999 chairwoman of the ASF Saar. Member of the ASF federal executive committee and federal chairwoman of the ASF since 2004, deputy chairwoman of the Saarbrücken SPD since 1997, deputy chairwoman of the Saarland SPD since 2003, deputy chairwoman of the SPD since November 2005.

Member of the Bundestag from 1990 to 1994, November 21, 1994 to 1998 and since 2002; 1998 to 2000 State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing, 1994 to 1998 Transport Policy Spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group, since November 2005 Deputy Chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group.

- IMDb mini biography by: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth