Agnes Alpers
Agnes Alpers (born 29 June 1961 in Oerel) is a member of the Bundestag.
Political Career[edit]
Agnes Alpers was a member of the “Socialist UNity Party of West Berlin”, which was closely related to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and the German Communist Party in West Berlin.From October 2007, Alpers represented the Left in a Bremen "Deputation" (a kind of local parliamentary council) for Education in the Bremen Parliament.
In September 2009, she was elected to the Bundestag (or German Parliament) as part of the Bremen state party list. In parliament, she is a member of the Committee on Education, Research, and Technology. Despite her stroke, Alpers remained the lead candidate on the Bremen state party list and was re-elected to the Bundestag in the federal election in 2013.
Education[edit]
Agnes Alpers is a Diplom-qualified educator, politician with the Left, and a member of the Bundestag. Starting in 1980, Alpers studied pedagogy at the Free University of Berlin, finishing her Diplom degree in 1986.
