13 Facts About Marja Lubeck

Maria Josina Elisabeth "Marja" Lubeck was born on 1965 and is a New Zealand politician.

Marja Lubeck was a member of parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.

Marja Lubeck immigrated from the Netherlands to New Zealand in 1989, and became an international flight attendant for Air New Zealand in 1996.

Marja Lubeck joined the Flight Attendant and Related Services Association as a delegate and was elected as president of FARSA in 2009, serving four terms.

Marja Lubeck graduated with a law degree in 2014 after studying part-time as a foundation student of the Auckland University of Technology Law School.

In February 2017, Marja Lubeck was admitted to the bar as barrister and solicitor of the High Court.

Marja Lubeck served as the lead advocate in negotiations for the major airlines servicing the New Zealand market and was part of the High Performance Engagement Leadership Team at Air New Zealand where organised labour and management engage in a consensus-based workplace democracy programme.

Marja Lubeck stood for Labour in the Rodney electorate in the 2017 election and was placed 32 on Labour's party list.

Marja Lubeck placed second in the electorate behind incumbent Mark Mitchell, but was elected as a list MP.

In 2018, Marja Lubeck sponsored a draft member's bill to ban conversion therapy.

Marja Lubeck accepted a petition from Young Greens and Young Labour and worked closely with grassroots activist, Shaneel Lal in the movement to end conversion therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Marja Lubeck's bill was not selected to be debated in Parliament but a policy to ban conversion therapy was included in Labour's manifesto for the 2020 election.

On 13 December 2022, Marja Lubeck announced that she would not be contesting the 2023 New Zealand general election.