Mechthild Rawert

Mechthild Rawert
Mechthild Rawert
	Rawert in 2014
Member of the Bundestag ; for Berlin
	In office; 26 May 2020 – 2021
Preceded by	Eva Högl
Constituency	Social Democratic List
	In office; 18 October 2005 – 24 October 2017
Preceded by	Eckhardt Barthel
Succeeded by	Jan-Marco Luczak
Constituency	Berlin-Tempelhof-Schöneberg (2005–2009); Social Democratic List (2009–2017);
Personal details
Born	3 November 1957 (age 67); Coesfeld, West Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin

Mechthild Rawert (born 3 November 1957) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)^[1] wh served as a member of the Bundestag from 2005 until 2017 and again from 2020 to 2021, representing Berlin's Tempelhof-Schöneberg district.^[2]

Early life and career

Rawert was born in Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. She holds a degree in adult education from the Free University of Berlin.

Political career

Rawert was a member of the German Bundestag from 2005 until 2017. During that time, she served on the Committee on Health (2005–2017) and the Committee on Food and Agriculture (2005–2009). In addition to her committee assignments, she chaired the German-Maltese Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2014 until 2017.

Also from 2014 until 2018, Rawert was a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).^[3] In the Assembly, she serves on the Sub-Committee on Disability and Inclusion.

In 2020, Rawert returned to parliament when she succeeded Eva Högl who had resigned her seat. In parliament, she briefly served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the SPD under the leadership of Kai Wegner following Berlin’s 2023 state elections, Rawert was part of her party’s delegation to the working group on labour and social affairs, co-chaired by Ottilie Klein and Lars Düsterhöft.^[4]