Jasmin Freigang (née Maurer; born 29 March 1989) is a German politician[1] who was a member of the Saarland regional parliament from 2012 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party.[2][3]

Jasmin Freigang
Jasmin Freigang in 2012
Pirate Party Group Leader
In office
March 2012 – August 2012
Member of the Saarland regional parliament
In office
March 2012 – March 2017
Personal details
Born (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35)
Saarbrücken, Germany
Political partyPirate Party

Life and education

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Jasmin began studying law at Saarland University after leaving school. However, she gave up her studies and took up an apprenticeship as a management assistant in IT systems.[4] She married in 2016. In 2017 she began an apprenticeship as a police women after successfully fighting in court about the right to be accepted for the test, despite being apparently shorter than the required 162 cm.[5]

Politics

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Jasmin supported the Pirate Party during the national elections of 2009.[6]

She was selected as the top list candidate for the Pirate Party in the 2012 Saarland election, in which the party won 7.4% of the votes and 4 seats.[7]

In August 2012, Jasmin lost the vote to remain party chairman in the state of Saarland to Jan Niklas Fingerle.[8] She is now joint vice-chairman of the regional party and has responsibility in the parliamentary group for Education policy, women's issues, health policy, youth policy, child policy, cultural policy, media policy, social policy, urban planning and housing, animal welfare, environment and consumer protection policy.[9]

Jasmin lost her seat in the Landtag of Saarland in the 2017 election, where the Pirate Party won 0.7% of the vote, losing all its seats.

References

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  1. ^ Piratenpartei-saarland.de. "Landesvorstand". Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Piratenpartei zieht in den Landtag im Saarland ein: Jasmin Maurer Die weibliche Seite der Piraten-Nerds - Deutschland - FOCUS Online - Nachrichten". Focus.de. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  3. ^ Saarbruecker-zeitung.de. "Saar-Piraten: Partei wählt Landtagskandidaten – Jasmin Maurer ist Spitzenkandidatin". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  4. ^ Spiegel.de (13 March 2012). "Azubi-Piratin im Nahkampf". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. ^ Eine Ex-Piraten-Abgeordnete in Polizeiuniform, Saarbruecker Zeitung
  6. ^ Piratenpartei-saarland.de. "Frauenpower bei den Saarpiraten". Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  7. ^ Die Landeswahlleiterin des Saarlands: Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Gewählten nach Parteien: PIRATEN Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  8. ^ Piraten unter neuer Führung, Saarbrücker Zeitung, 20 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Piratenfraktion Saarland – Unsere Abgeordneten". Piratenfraktion-saarland.de. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
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