Isabel Mackensen

Isabel Mackensen (born 29 September 1986) is a German politician of the SPD. She has been a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2 July 2019.

Isabel Mackensen
Isabel Mackensen in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1986-09-29) 29 September 1986
Schwetzingen, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Alma materUniversity of Trier

Early life and education

Mackensen was born in Schwetzingen and grew up in Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim (where she still has her home).[1] After passing her Abitur in 2006 at the Kurfürst-Ruprecht-Gymnasium (secondary school) in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, she studied political science and history at the University of Trier, graduating with an MA in 2012.[2]

Political career

Mackensen became an SPD member in 2009[2] and was chair of the Palatinate regional section of the Young Socialists in the SPD from 2013 to 2017.[3] In 2019, she was elected a member of the district council of Bad Dürkheim.[4]

In the 2017 German federal election, Mackensen was the SPD candidate for the Neustadt – Speyer district and came second with 25.3% of the vote.[5] Mackensen became a Bundestag member via her party list after Katarina Barley, having been elected to the European Parliament, resigned her seat in the German parliament.[1] She has since been serving on the Committee on Food and Agriculture.

References
  1. Wolfgang Kreilinger (13 June 2019). "Niederkirchen: Isabel Mackensen rückt für Katarina Barley in den Bundestag nach" (in German). Die Rheinpfalz, Ludwigshafen. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "Über mich". Isabel Mackensen (in German). 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "Deutscher Bundestag - Isabel Mackensen". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. Metropolnews, Redaktion (28 May 2019). "Kreis Bad Dürkheim: Vorläufiges Ergebnis Kreistagswahl 2019". Metropolnews.info (in German). Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "Results Neustadt – Speyer - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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