Josephine Ortleb

Josephine Ortleb
Ortleb in 2020
Vice President of the Bundestag
(on proposal of the SPD-faction)
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 March 2025
PresidentJulia Klöckner
Preceded byAydan Özoğuz
Whip of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 December 2020
LeaderRolf Mützenich
Chief WhipCarsten Schneider
Katja Mast
Preceded byDagmar Ziegler
Member of the Bundestag
for Saarbrücken
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded byAnette Hübinger
Personal details
Born (1986-11-25) 25 November 1986 (age 39)
Saarbrücken, West Germany
(now Germany)
PartySPD

Josephine Ortleb (born 25 November 1986) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saarland since 2017. She has been its Vice President as of March 2025.

Political career

Ortleb became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing Saarbrücken. In parliament, she is a member of the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. In this capacity, she serves as her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on gender equality.[citation needed]

In addition to her committee assignments, Ortleb has been a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2018, where she serves on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 2018) and the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 2020).

Since 2020, Ortleb has been part of the SPD parliamentary group’s leadership under its chairman Rolf Mützenich. Within the group, she belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.

Other activities

References

  1. ↑ "Josephine Ortleb, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "German Bundestag - Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "German Bundestag - Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid". German Bundestag. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Josephine Ortleb Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  5. ↑ Daniel Kirch (16 December 2020), Neuer Posten für Saar-Abgeordnete: Saarbrückerin Josephine Ortleb rückt in Spitze der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion auf Saarbrücker Zeitung.
  6. ↑ Members Parliamentary Left.
  7. ↑ Advisory Board German Foundation for World Population (DSW).