Susanne Kastner
Susanne Kastner of the Social [Democratic Party (Germany)|Social Democratic Party] is a German politician who was one of the Vice-Presidents of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2009.
Early life
She worked as a primary and secondary school teacher and educator for in Munich until 1989. She is a member of the IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie workers union, the, the Bavarian Red Cross and the Stiftung Kinder Soforthilfe, and the chairwoman of the Rumänien-Soforthilfe e. V. and the German-Romanian Forum e. V.Political career
She entered the Bavarian State Association of the Social Democratic Party, the BayernSPD in 1972. She was elected to the Bundestag three times from Bad Kissingen, the first time in May 1989. From 1998 to 2002, Kastner was the Managing Director of the SPD in the Bundestag and served as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Bundestag from October 2002 to September 2009. She retired from the Bundestag in 2013.Personal life
Kastner, a Lutheran Christian, is married and has three children and eight grandchildren.Honours
Kastner has been awarded the following honours:- Honorary doctorate from Aurel [Vlaicu University of Arad|Aurel-Vlaicu-University] in Arad, Romania
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Order of Merit of the [Federal Republic of Germany|German Order of Merit] am Bande
- Honorary citizenship of the Romanian towns of Lipova and Sibiu
- Grand Officer rank of the National [Order of Merit (Romania)|Romanian Order of Merit]
Further sources
Category:1946 births
Category:Members of the Bundestag for the [Social Democratic Party of Germany]
Category:Female members of the Bundestag
Category:Politicians from Bavaria
Category:Social [Democratic Party of Germany politicians]
Category:Vice presidents of the Bundestag