Margarete Bause
Margarete Bause (born 19 January 1959) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria from 1986 to 1990 and from 2003 to 2017.[1] In 2017, she was elected a member of the Bundestag, where she is the Green party group's spokeswoman for human rights and humanitarian aid.[2]
Margarete Bause | |
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 Margarete Bause in 2012 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 January 1959 Wertheim, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Greens |
| Alma mater | University of Munich |
Early life and education
Margarete Bause was born in Wertheim. After passing the Abitur in Landsberg,[3] she studied German studies, political science and sociology at the University of Munich.[4]
Political career
Bause became a member of the Green party in 1986 and was one of their state chairs in Bavaria from 1991 to 1993 and 1998 to 2003.[1]
From 1986 until 1990 and from 2003 until 2017, Bause served as a member of the Landtag of Bavaria. In that capacity, she was her parliamentary group's co-chair. From 2004 until 2007, she was also part of the parliamentary inquiry into Monika Hohlmeier over allegations Hohlmeier – during her time as member of the state government – allowed party votes to be falsified and got jobs for friends.
Bause has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2017 elections, representing Munich. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. She is also her parliamentary group's spokesperson on human rights. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2020, Bause has been serving as co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).[5]
Other activities
Corporate boards
- Umweltbank, Member of the Advisory Board[6]
Non-profit organizations
- Munich School of Philosophy, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Wings of Hope Deutschland, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Bayerisches Amerikahaus, Member of the Advisory Board (2014-2017)
- Bayerischer Rundfunk, Member of the Broadcasting Council (1990-1998)
Political positions
Bause is active in the area of human rights in China and supportive of the Uyghurs; her constituency, Munich, is home to the majority of Uighurs living in Germany as well as to the headquarters of the World Uyghur Congress.[7]
In 2014, Bause made headlines when — on a visit to China with a delegation from the Bavarian state parliament — she secretly met with dissident artist Ai Weiwei and later released photos of the meeting.[8]
In August 2019, after asking the German government to support sending UN observers to Xinjiang province,[9] Bause was denied entry to China.[10] The remaining members of the German Bundestag delegation subsequently cancelled their planned China trip.[11]
References
- https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/518228-518228
- "China 'encroaching' on Germany's parliament: Green lawmaker". Deutsche Welle. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- "Köpfe an der Spitze der Fraktionen". Bayerischer Landtag. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- "Zur Person: Margarete Bause". 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- Co-Chairs Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC).
- 2015 Annual Report Umweltbank.
- Janosch Delcker (August 13, 2019), Berlin and Beijing clash over lawmakers' visit Politico Europe.
- Janosch Delcker (August 13, 2019), Berlin and Beijing clash over lawmakers' visit Politico Europe.
- "Bayerische Grünen-Abgeordnete Bause in China unerwünscht". BR24 (in German). 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- "China denies entry to German Greens party - DW - 04.08.2019". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- "Streit mit Peking: Bundestag sagt geplante Besuchsreise nach China ab". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-15.
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