Sabine Leidig

Sabine Leidig
Sabine Leidig
	Sabine Leidig in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2009
Personal details
Born	7 August 1961 (age 63); Heidelberg, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	The Left

Sabine Leidig (born 7 August 1961) is a German politician. Born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, she represents The Left. Sabine Leidig has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2009.^[1]

Life

After completing her vocational training as a biology laboratory assistant in 1979, she worked for ten years at the Institute of Immunology and Genetics at the German Cancer Research Centre. From 2002 to 2009 she was managing director of Attac Germany. She became member of the bundestag after the 2009 German federal election.^[2] She is a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure.^[3] She is spokeswoman for railway policy for her parliamentary group.^[4] Leidig announced, that she will not run for a reelection in the 2021 German federal election.^[5]

References

^ "Sabine Leidig | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Profil". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "German Bundestag - Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "SprecherInnen". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ Frankfurter Rundschau.de:Die Linke in Hessen: Janine Wissler führt ihre Partei in die Bundestagswahl, (german)