Edith Sitzmann

Edith Sitzmann
Sitzmann in 2016
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
August 2002
Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg
In office
May 2016 – 2021
Preceded byNils Schmid
Succeeded byDanyal Bayaz
Personal details
Born (1963-01-04) January 4, 1963 (age 61)
Regensburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens

Edith Sitzmann (born 4 January 1963, Regensburg) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party served as State Minister of Finance in the second cabinet of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg from 2017 to 2021. She was also a member of the State Parliament, representing the Freiburg II constituency [de]. From 2011 to 2016, she led the Green Party's Group in the State Parliament.

Early life and education

Sitzmann was born on 4 January 1963 in Regensburg. She studied the humanities at the University of Freiburg, University of Regensburg, and Heidelberg University. Sitzmann earned a magister degree in 1989, then began working until 1991 as a tour guide for American exchange students.

Political career

Sitzmann joined the Alliance 90/The Greens party. From 1993 to 2001, she was a personal friend of and adviser to Dieter Salomon, a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. From 1994, she also worked as a freelance presenter and consultant for non-profit organizations until 2001, when she started her own business. In that time, Sitzmann also joined the district board of Alliance 90/The Greens from 1993 to 1994, and then the party's state board from 1995 to 1999.[citation needed]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under the leadership of Kretschmann following the 2016 state elections, Sitzmann led her party’s delegation in the working group on integration.[1]

In May 2016, Sitzmann was appointed State Minister of Finance for Baden-Württemberg. She announced in 2020 that she would not stand for reelection in the 2021 state elections.[2]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • EnBW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[3]
  • KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[4]
  • Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2017–2021)[5]

Non-profit organizations

Citations

  1. ^ Grüne starten in Koalitionsverhandlungen mit der CDU Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 6 April 2016.
  2. ^ Krauß, Bärbel; Rebhan, Christiane (23 January 2020). "Warum Edith Sitzmann und Franz Untersteller sich zurückziehen". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. ^ Supervisory Board EnBW.
  4. ^ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.
  5. ^ Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
  6. ^ Edith Sitzmann Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
  7. ^ Edith Sitzmann Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.