- Uta Zapf
Uta Zapf (born
August 14 1941 ) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag (SPD).Since
1998 , she has been the chairperson of the subcommittee for "Disarmament ,Arms Control , andNonproliferation " of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the GermanBundestag .Life and Career
After the completion of her
Abitur in1961 , Zapf studied Germanistics,English studies , and literature at theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich . Afterwards, she worked as a freelancer as an editor and translator for publishers. Later she also worked as an instructor inadult education Zapf is married and has one child.
Party
She joined the SPD in
1972 , and since1990 has been the chairperson of the commission of "International Politics and Peace" ("Internationale Politik und Frieden") of the SPD executive committee for SouthHesse (Hessen Süd).She has belonged to the SPD executive committee of South
Hesse since1983 and has been acting chairperson since1990 . In2003 , she was one of the co-founders of the "One World" ("Eine World") Forum in the district. Since2005 , she has also led the migration working group for the district collective.Member of the Bundestag
From
1985 to1992 , Zapf was part of the council government for the city ofDreieich .Since
1990 , she has been a member of the German Bundestag. Here, from1995 to1998 , she was the speaker for the working group "Disarmament and Arms Control" and also chairperson for the discussion group on theKurds for the SPD Parliamentary faction.Since
1998 , Uta Zapf has been chairperson of the subcommittee for "Disarmament ,Arms Control , andNonproliferation " of the Foreign Affairs Committee and also acting person for the faction working group on "Foreign Policy." From1998 to2005 , she was part of the SPD faction executive committee.Zapf was directly elected in the 1998 and 2002 federal elections as a member of the Bundestag for the constituency of
Offenbach am Main .Links
* [http://www.uta-zapf.de Uta Zapf's Website]
* [http://www.bundestag.de/mdb/bio/Z/zapf_ut0.html Biography at the German Bundestag]
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