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Karin Junker

Karin Junker

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Karin Renate Junker (born 1940) is a German politician and author. She was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2004, representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[1][2][3]

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Life

Karin Junker was born on December 24, 1940, in Düsseldorf.[1] She was politically active in the 1960s student movement, and became a journalist. In 1977 she unsuccessfully challenged Elfriede Hoffmann for the leadership of SPD's women's organization, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialdemokratischer Frauen (ASF).[4]

She entered the European Parliament in 1989.[1] In 1992 she succeeded Inge Wettig-Danielmeier as chair of the ASF.[5]

Papers relating to Junker are held at the Archives of Social Democracy at the Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn.[6]

Works

  • Frauen und Bildung [Women and Education]. Bonn: Ministry of Education, Science and Research, 1976?
  • Das Ausbildungsplatzförderungsgesetz [The Training Place Promotion Act]. Bonn: Ministry of Education, Science and Research, 1977?
  • Kinder [Children]. Bonn: Press and Information Office of the Federal Government of Germany, 1979
  • Selbstbewusst, Selbstbestimmt: Frauen in Europa [Self-assured, Self-determined: Women in Europe]. Bonn, 1994

References

  1. [1]
    "Karin JUNKER: 3rd parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Karin JUNKER: 4th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Karin JUNKER: 5th parliamentary term". European Parliament. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    Braunthal, Gerard (2019). The German Social Democrats Since 1969: A Party In Power And Opposition. Routledge. p. 182.
  5. [5]
    Potthoff, Heinrich; Miller, Susanne (2006). The Social Democratic Party of Germany, 1848-2005. Dietz. p. 342.
  6. [6]
    Cook, Chris (2012). The Routledge Guide to European Political Archives: Sources Since 1945. Routledge. p. 92.
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