10 Facts About Anke Domscheit-Berg

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Anke Domscheit-Berg is a German politician and activist.

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Anke Domscheit-Berg has been a member of the Bundestag since 2017, when she was elected on the party list of The Left, without being a party member.

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Anke Domscheit-Berg joined the party in 2021 following her nomination to the top female position on the party election list in the state of Brandenburg.

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Anke Domscheit-Berg grew up as daughter of an art historian and a doctor in Muncheberg, East Germany.

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From 2008 to 2011, Anke Domscheit-Berg was active as a lobbyist for Microsoft in Germany.

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Anke Domscheit-Berg aims to promote the decentralised development of fibre-optic networks in Germany.

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Anke Domscheit-Berg was a freelance policy advisor at the World Future Council on the topic of violence against women and girls and an honorary member of the think-tank of the German NGO Welthungerhilfe.

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From August 2013 to July 2014, Anke Domscheit-Berg was chair of the Pirate Party in Brandenburg.

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Anke Domscheit-Berg was defeated in the constituency by CDU candidate Dietlind Tiemann, but was elected as a member of the Bundestag via the party list.

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Anke Domscheit-Berg is the chair of the Left group in the Bundestag's 'Digital Agenda' committee.