Curriculum Vitae of Bettina Hagedorn

Porträt

Born on 26 December 1955 in Kiel; divorced, three children

Professional history

Dates Professional history
Since April 2026 Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Since 2025 Alternate member of the Bundestag Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
2022 to 2026 Deputy SPD spokesperson in the Bundestag Budget Committee and SPD spokesperson in the Parliamentary Auditing Committee
2018 to 2021 Parliamentary State Secretary for budget matters and Europe at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2002 to 2018 Member of the Bundestag Budget and Auditing Committees, from 2014 to 2017 chairperson of the Auditing Committee
Since 2002 Member of the German Bundestag
1998 to 2003 Voluntary local political offices including mayor of Kasseedorf district and political head of Schönwalde municipal associatione
1984 to 1998 Active involvement in local politics in the Kasseedorf district and the Schönwalde municipal association

Education

Dates Education
1976 to 1980 Training as a goldsmith in Plön
Until 1976 Studied special needs education in Hamburg
1974 Higher education entrance qualification at Friedrich‑Schiller‑Gymnasium in Preetz

Memberships

Dates Memberships
Since 2025 Alternate member of the Inteparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU
Since 2025 Alternate member of the German delegation for the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference
Since 2025 Deputy chairperson of the Bundestag Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania
2025 to 2026 Board of trustees of the German Nuclear Waste Management Fund (KENFO) foundation (in accordance with Section 4 of the Act on the Nuclear Waste Management Fund)
2022 to 2026 Member of the special committee of the Stabilisation Mechanism Act (in accordance with Section 3(3))
2022 to 2025 Supervisory board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Since 2022 Deputy chairperson of the Bundestag Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Baltic States, chairperson since September 2025
Since 2018 Member of the Bundestag Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Nordic States
2018 to 2021 Member of the board of trustees of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) and member of the council of the German Federal Cultural Foundation

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