Sonja Eichwede

Sonja Katharina Eichwede (born 25 October 1987) is a German lawyer and politician representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She was elected to the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election.[1]

Sonja Eichwede
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987
Bremen, Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen

Life

Eichwede was born in Bremen. She studied and passed the Abitur school leavers' exam at Kippenberg-Gymnasium in Bremen in 2007. After graduating, she studied Jurisprudence at the University of Tübingen, graduating in 2013. As part of her studies, she completed an Erasmus exchange in Oslo in 2010. In 2013, Eichwede passed the first German state examination in law, and following this worked as a trainee lawyer at the Landgericht Bremen until 2015.[2]

According to Eichwede, she is single, and an evangelical Christian.[3]

Political activity

Eichwede stood as a candidate in the 2021 federal elections for the Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I constituency in Brandenburg. She won a direct mandate with 32.1% of first preference votes, beating Christian Democratic Union candidate Dietlind Tiemann, among others.[4]

References
  1. "Sonja Eichwede – SPD BRANDENBURG" (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. "Über mich – Sonja Eichwede" (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  3. "Abgeordnete". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. "Ergebnisse Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I - Der Bundeswahlleiter" (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2021.


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