Anja Hajduk


Anja Hajduk is a German politician. She has been a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens since 1995.

Early life and education

Hajduk was born in Duisburg and has three brothers. After her Abitur, she studied psychology in Duisburg and then in Hamburg. She finished her studies at the university with a Diplom in 1988. Hajduk is a lesbian.

Political career

From 1997 to 2002 Hajduk was a member of the parliament of the city Hamburg.

Member of the German Bundestag, 2002-2008

From 2002 to 2008 Hajduk was a member of the German Bundestag. She was a member of the Green Party's parliamentary group, serving as deputy chairwoman of the budget committee and her group's spokesperson on the national budget. Between 2005 and 2009, she also served as deputy chairwoman of the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

State Minister (''Senator'') for City Development and Environment in Hamburg, 2008-2010

From 7 May 2008 to December 2010 Hajduk was the Minister of City Development and Environment of Hamburg, serving in the state governments of subsequent mayors Ole von Beust and Christoph Ahlhaus.

Member of the German Bundestag, 2013-present

In the 2013 federal elections, Hajduk was again elected member of the German Bundestag where she has since served as Chief Whip of her parliamentary group. A member of the Budget Committee, she has served as rapporteur on the budgets of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy; the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development ; the Federal Ministry of the Interior; and the Bundestag; and the Federal Chancellery. From 2014 until 2017, she was also a member of the so-called Confidential Committee of the Budget Committee, which provides budgetary supervision for Germany's three intelligence services, BND, BfV and MAD.
In addition to her committee assignments, Hajduk has also served as deputy chairwoman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Australia, New Zealand and East Timor and as full member of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2013 until 2017.
In 2014, Hajduk was part of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Commission on Financial Policy which developed a comprehensive concept on Germany's fiscal policy.

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