Death at 48 years old
Greens mourn MP Stephanie Aeffner
The Green Party member of the Bundestag Stephanie Aeffner died suddenly. This was announced by her group. Aeffner was 48 years old.
Stephanie Aeffner, a member of the Bundestag in Baden-Württemberg, has died. “Your sudden death hits us deeply. We are sad and shocked,” said the two Green party leaders Katharina Dröge and Britta Haßelmann in Berlin.
The 48-year-old Aeffner represented the Pforzheim constituency, was a member of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee and was responsible within the Green parliamentary group for social policy, combating child poverty, asylum and flight, and disability policy. She was in a wheelchair because of a muscle disease.
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Green MP Stephanie Aeffner was 48 years old
“We are losing a very valued MP who fought for her and our concerns with passion, great conviction and expertise,” explained Dröge and Haßelmann. “We are also losing a warm-hearted person who we could always rely on.” The group did not provide any information about the circumstances of the death.
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