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Beate Walter-Rosenheimer

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Beate Walter-Rosenheimer
Beate Walter-Rosenheimer in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2012–2025
Personal details
Born (1964-11-20) 20 November 1964 (age 61)
Weißenburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
PartyGreens
Children5
Alma materLMU Munich

Beate Walter-Rosenheimer (born 20 November 1964) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2012 to 2025.[1][2][3] Prior to her political career, she worked as a freelance psychologist. In parliament, she has served on various committees and was her parliamentary group's spokesperson for youth policy, education, and training.

Early life and career

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Born in Weißenburg, Bavaria, Walter-Rosenheimer grew up in Ingolstadt and Munich, where she graduated from high school in 1985. She then studied communication sciences, philosophy, history and psychology at LMU Munich (Diplom-Psychologin).

Walter-Rosenheimer then worked as a freelance psychologist in the fields of industrial psychology, coaching and clinical psychology. From 2009 to 2011, she was a research assistant to Margarete Bause, the parliamentary party leader of the Greens in the State Parliament of Bavaria.

Political career

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On 16 January 2012, Walter-Rosenheimer moved up to the Bundestag.[4]

In parliament, Walter-Rosenheimer served on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment (2013–2021); the Committee on Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2013–2021); the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid (2021–2025); and the Committee on Petitions (2021–2025).[5] She was also a member of the Enquete Commission on Vocational Training.[6] From 2013 until 2021, she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson for youth policy, education and training.[7]

In February 2024, Walter-Rosenheimer announced that she would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[8]

Personal life

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Walter-Rosenheimer has five children. She lives in Munich.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Beate Walter-Rosenheimer | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Joshua Beer (4 October 2021), Scheidende Bundestagsabgeordnete: "Demokratie braucht Wechsel" Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  3. ↑ Erich Setzwein (12 October 2021), Bundestagwahl: Hoffnung auf Wiedereinzug Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  4. ↑ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Parlamentsposten für Walter-Rosenheimer Süddeutsche Zeitung, 26 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "German Bundestag - Study Commission 'Vocational Training in the Digital Work Environment'". German Bundestag. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Politik: Walter-Rosenheimer tritt nicht mehr an Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23 February 2024.
  9. ↑ Heike Banzer (2 September 2021), Die Grünen: Die Langjährige Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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