Petra Ernstberger

Petra Ernstberger
Ernstberger in 2014
In office
10 November 1994 – 24 October 2017
ConstituencyState list (1994–1998)
Hof (1998–2002)
State list (2002–2017)
Personal details
BornPetra Rosenberger
(1955-11-11) 11 November 1955
Remscheid, West Germany
PartySocial Democratic
Children2
EducationUniversity of Bayreuth

Petra Ernstberger (born 11 November 1955) is a German politician and former member of the German Bundestag for 23 years.[1]

Early life and career

Born in Remscheid in 1955, Ernstberger graduated from high school in 1975.[1] She then studied at the University of Bayreuth to become an elementary school teacher, working in that career after graduation.[2] From 1990 to 1994, she was a research assistant at the University of Bayreuth.[2]

Political career

Ernstberger joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP) in 1990 and was elected to the Bundestag on the SPD party list in 1994.[3] She was then elected to the Bundestag representing Hof, Bavaria in 1998. In 1996, she became chair of the German-Czech Parliamentary Group, having grown up 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) from the Czech border.[4][5]

She left the Bundestag in 2017 after withdrawing her candidacy, citing fear of the SPD losing the seat.[6][7]

Personal life

Ernstberger is divorced and has two sons and two granddaughters.[6][8][9]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Deutscher Bundestag: Ernstberger Petra". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Deutscher Bundestag: Ernstberger, Petra". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Deutscher Bundestag - Ernstberger, Petra". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  4. ↑ Doering, Kai (8 September 2023). "Wie ein Zug für das deutsch-tschechische Verhältnis wirbt". www.vorwaerts.de (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Zilke, Felix (11 April 2017). "Parlamentarier wollen mehr Nähe zu Tschechien". LandesEcho (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  6. 1 2 Pokraka, Daniel (7 September 2017). "Petra Ernstberger leaves the Bundestag". BR24. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  7. ↑ Bayreuth, Verlagsgruppe Hof, Coburg, Suhl. "Keine Kampfkandidatur gegen Jörg Nürnberger: Petra Ernstberger tritt nicht mehr an - Nordbayerischer Kurier". www.kurier.de (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Gschwendtner, Brigitte (22 April 2022). "Petra Ernstberger packt aus: „Du brauchst viel Selbstbewusstsein"". Frankenpost (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 "Petra Ernstberger, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 21 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  10. ↑ Martin, Lothar (11 October 2010). "Vize-Senatschef Pithart mit Kunstpreis der deutsch-tschechischen Verständigung geehrt". Radio Prague International (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
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