Katja Wolf
Katja Wolf | |
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 Wolf in 2024 | |
| Deputy Minister-President of Thuringia | |
| Assumed office 13 December 2024 | |
| President | Mario Voigt |
| Preceded by | Anja Siegesmund |
| Minister for Finance of Thuringia | |
| Assumed office 13 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Heike Taubert |
| Member of the Landtag of Thuringia | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2024 | |
| In office 1 October 1999 – 30 June 2012 | |
| Mayor of Eisenach | |
| In office 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Matthias Doht |
| Succeeded by | Christoph Ihling |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Katja Hofer 7 March 1976 Erfurt, East Germany |
| Political party | BSW (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PDS (1999–2007) The Left (2007–2024) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Erfurt |
Katja Wolf (born 7 March 1976) is a German politician (BSW, formely The Left). She was member of Landtag of Thuringia from 1999 to 2012 for The Left. Between 2012 and 2024, she served as the mayor of Eisenach in Thuringia. She switched in 2024 to the newly founded BSW, is state chairmen of BSW Thuringia, got elected in the 2024 Thuringian state election and was the parliamentary group leader in the Thuringian state parliament. Since December 2024 she is serving as First Deputy Minister-President and Minister for Finance of Thuringia.
Biography
[edit]After completing her Abitur in 1994 at the Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Wolf studied social work at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt and graduated with a diploma in 1999. From January to August 1999 she worked as a researcher for the Landtag of Thuringia. In the 1999 Thuringian state election, she was elected at an age of 23 to the Thuringian state parliament for The Left Thuringia. Wolf became chair of the Equal Opportunities Committee (Gleichstellungsausschuss) and environmental policy spokesperson for the parliamentary group.[1] She has been a member of the Eisenach city council since 2004.
In the 2009 Thuringian state election, Wolf won the direct mandate in the constituency of Wartburgkreis II - Eisenach. For the Left, she was chairwoman of the Equal Opportunities Committee and environmental policy spokesperson for the parliamentary group.
For the 2012 Thuringian municipal elections, Wolf stood as a candidate for mayor of the city of Eisenach. On 6 May 2012, she was elected mayor with 51.6% of the vote.[2] On 15 June 2015, a recall petition filed by the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in city council also attracted considerable attention beyond the region when 16 out of 34 city councillors voted in favour of the motion in secret ballot, although the NPD had only three seats.[3]
She is the lead candidate for Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in the 2024 Thuringian state election. She was elected, and the party got 15 seats and third place after the AfD and CDU. Wolf negotiated for the BSW Thuringia with the CDU and SPD about a coalition in Thuringia. At the end of October 2024, the three parties presented a paper that recognized the parties' different positions on foreign policy. The Federal Executive Board led by Sahra Wagenkencht consequently opposed the decision to start coalition negotiations.[4][5]
Wolf has no religious affiliation. Wolf is married and has two children.
Positions
[edit]According to her own statements, Wolf joined the BSW in order to weaken the AfD.[1] After the 2024 election, she announced that the BSW Thuringia wanted to talk to all parties except the AfD about a pure coalition.[6]
Links
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- Oberbürgermeisterin Katja Wolf - Profile from the City of Eisenach (in German)
- Official website of Katja Wolf (German)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Die Abtrünnige: In ihrer Ex-Partei schauen sie Katja Wolf nicht mehr in die Augen". www.t-online.de (in German). 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
- ^ "Gründer- und Innovationszentrum: Wartburgstadt Eisenach". www.gis-eisenach.de. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Paul-Philipp Braun (2015-06-16). "Abwahlantrag sorgt bundesweit für Aufsehen" (in German). EisenachOnline. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- ^ Palzer, Kerstin. ""Palastrevolution" im Bündnis Wagenknecht". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ "In Thüringen setzt sich Katja Wolf gegen Sahra Wagenknecht durch". FAZ.NET (in German). 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
- ^ deutschlandfunk.de (2024-09-02). "Katja Wolf: "Thüringen braucht einen politischen Neustart"". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-28.
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