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German politician (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clara Bünger (born 4 July 1986) is a German jurist and politician (The Left) serving as member of the Bundestag since 2022.
Clara Bünger | |
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![]() Bünger in 2021 | |
Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 5 January 2022 | |
Preceded by | Katja Kipping |
Personal details | |
Born | Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany | 4 July 1986
Political party | The Left |
Alma mater | Leipzig University |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | clarabuenger |
Bünger was born in Oldenburg in 1986 and grew up in Freiberg.[1] She studied Law at Leipzig University from 2005 until 2012 when she finished her first Staatsexam. In 2012 she worked for a law firm in Israel which enforced compensation claims and pension entitlements of Holocaust survivors against the German state under the Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany. During 2013 and 2015 she completed her legal clerkship, working at the Federal Foreign Office, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights and an international law firm in Singapore. She finished her second Staatsexam in Berlin in 2015 and has been a fully qualified lawyer ever since.[2]
Since 2014, Bünger has been committed to helping refugees, especially those arriving on the Greek islands. In spring 2016, she was the legal advice coordinator for the Refugee Law Clinics Germany on Chios. Although the conditions for refugees were as precarious as on Lesbos, there was hardly any media attention. In addition, there were no EU or UN representatives on the island at the time. As a legal advisor, she informed the refugees about the practical consequences of the EU-Turkey deal. In 2017, Bünger co-founded the association Equal Rights Beyond Borders, which offers free legal aid for refugees and asylum seekers and conducts strategic litigation in the field of migration in front of Greek and German courts and the European Court of Human Rights.[3][2][4]
In 2021, Bünger was a candidate for the electoral constituency Erzgebirgskreis I but lost to Thomas Dietz.[5][6] In 2022, Bünger moved up into the Bundestag, after Katja Kipping resigned to join the state government of Berlin.[7][8]
Despite her late entry into the Bundestag, she was ranked 7th among the Members of Parliament who gave the most speeches at the mid-term review of the legislative period.[9]
She is full member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and deputy member of the Committee on the Interior and Home Affairs. Between July 8, 2022 and December 6, 2023, she was chairwoman for The Left (Germany) of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the withdrawal of the Bundeswehr from Afghanistan.[2][10][11]
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