Simone Barrientos
Simone Barrientos | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 2017–2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Eisleben, East Germany (now Germany) | 5 October 1963
Political party | The Left |
Simone Barrientos (born 5 October 1963) is a German politician. Born in Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt, she represents The Left. Simone Barrientos has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2017 until 2021.[1]
Life
[edit]Barrientos grew up in Neustrelitz as the child of a single mother who was a dancer with the folklore ensemble of the GDR and the Friedrich-Wolf-Theater in Neustrelitz. She was also looked after in state nurseries and in a Catholic children's home. After attending school, she first learned the profession of an industrial electrician at the Deutsche Reichsbahn. At the age of 17 she gave birth to a son whose father had left for the "West". She completed a further apprenticeship as a commercial advertiser. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in the GDR, she worked in various sectors until 2008: as a draftswoman, interpreter, in a casting office and in film production. From 2008 to 2017, she managed the publishing house Kulturmaschinen. She became member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election,[2] where she was a member of the Committee for Culture and Media.[3] She was also the spokesperson for cultural policy for her parliamentary group.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Profil". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Simone Barrientos | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag – Cultural and Media Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "SprecherInnen". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)