1. Elke Breitenbach previously sat as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin from 2003 to 2017.
10 Facts About Elke Breitenbach
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From 1976 to 1981, Breitenbach attended vocational school in Obertshausen in the field of social pedagogy, graduating and earning her Abitur in Babenhausen.
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Elke Breitenbach then studied political science at the Free University of Berlin from 1981 to 1989 and graduated with a diploma.
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Elke Breitenbach then worked from 1992 to 1997, as a trade union secretary in the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union in the areas of women, youth, and vocational training.
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Elke Breitenbach was re-elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin in 2006,2011, and 2016.
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Elke Breitenbach resigned her seat in the Abgeordnetenhaus on 31 January 2017 and was succeeded by Gabriele Gottwald.
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On 16 December 2019, Elke Breitenbach signed an agreement to improve the compensation for underperformance which allows "inclusive firms" to hire employees with disabilities.
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Elke Breitenbach organized Germany's first census of homeless people in January 2020 under the name "Night of Solidarity".
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Elke Breitenbach voiced her hope that other cities across Germany would follow Berlin's example and conduct their own censuses of the homeless.
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Elke Breitenbach left office with the swearing-in of the Giffey senate on 21 December 2021.