14 Facts About Steffen Bockhahn

Steffen Bockhahn is the Senator for Social Affairs, Youth, Health and Schools of the Hanseatic City of Rostock.

From 1991 until his Abitur, Steffen Bockhahn was a student at the Gymnasium am Goetheplatz.

Steffen Bockhahn passed his Abitur in 1997 with advanced courses in mathematics and English.

Steffen Bockhahn did his civilian alternative service at a daycare center run by the People's Solidarity in Rostock.

In 2002, Steffen Bockhahn began studying political science and modern European history at the University of Rostock.

Steffen Bockhahn passed his Bachelor of Arts exams in 2005 and his Master of Arts exams in 2007.

Steffen Bockhahn has been married since 2005 and has been the father of a child since 2009.

Steffen Bockhahn began his political involvement as a school representative at the high school and in the district student council of Rostock.

In 2004, Steffen Bockhahn ran for the Rostock city council for the first time and was elected.

Since 2007, Steffen Bockhahn was chairman of the parliamentary group The Left in Rostock.

On 5 March 2014, Steffen Bockhahn was elected senator for the department of youth, social affairs, health, schools, and sports by the Rostock city parliament.

Steffen Bockhahn was a candidate for the mayoral election in Rostock in 2019.

In January 2012, it became known that Steffen Bockhahn was one of 27 members of the Bundestag of the Left Party under observation by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which was criticized by politicians of all factions.

Unknown persons are said to have searched through the entire SMS traffic between her and the then member of the Bundestag, as well as specifically looking for service emails related to the Parliamentary Oversight Panel, of which Steffen Bockhahn was a member.