Friedrich Straetmanns

Friedrich Straetmanns
Friedrich Straetmanns
	Official portrait, 2017
Member of the Bundestag
	In office; 24 September 2017 – 26 September 2021
Constituency	Left Party's list
Secretary of State for Justice, Equality and Consumer Protection of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
	In office; 15 November 2021 – 21 December 2024
President	Manuela Schwesig
Minister	Jacqueline Bernhardt
Personal details
Born	5 August 1961 (age 63); Bielefeld, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	BSW (2024–present)
Other political; affiliations	SPD (1985–2005); WASG (2005–2007); The Left (2007–2024)
Occupation	Lawyer • Judge • Politician

Friedrich Straetmanns (born 5 August 1961) is a German politician. Born in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, he has represented The Left. Friedrich Straetmanns served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2021.^[1]

Life

After completing his military service, Friedrich Straetmanns studied law and political science from 1982 to 1989, including a traineeship. Afterwards he worked as a lawyer for a short time and then at the Diakonisches Werk until 1992. He then became a judge at the Social Court of Detmold. He became member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.^[2] He is a member of the Committee for Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Committee for the Examination of Elections.^[3]

References

^ "Friedrich Straetmanns | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Profil". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "German Bundestag - Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection". German Bundestag. Retrieved 18 March 2020.