Webpage http://daniela-de-ridder.de/
In the Bundestag
Since 2017 Member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Mittelems (Constituency 31 – Grafschaft Bentheim / southern and central Emsland)
Deputy chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Deputy chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Management and Integrated Action
Primary rapporteur: Benelux, international research and education policy, civilian crisis prevention, foreign economic policy and arms export policy
Secondary rapporteur: International resource, environmental and climate policy, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Maghreb countries, the Middle East, transatlantic relations (US, Canada), West and Central Africa, France, Switzerland, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Latin America and the Caribbean
Since 2013 Member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Mittelems (Constituency 31 - Grafschaft Bentheim / southern and central Emsland)
Member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment
Professional career
Since 2011 Owner of CEDIN Consulting and self-employed business consultant for universities, universities of applied sciences, local authorities and ministries, business consulting, strategy consulting, personnel management, diversity management and demographics
2007-2012 Business consultant at CHE Consult, Gütersloh
2003-2006 Spokeswoman of the federal convention of equal opportunity officers at universities (BuKoF)
2000-2007 Equal opportunities officer of Stiftung Osnabrück and Osnabrück
University, member of various committees, advisory member of the senate
1992-2000 Research and teaching work at the universities of Göttingen, Lüneburg and Osnabrück
Qualifications
Obtained doctorate (Dr. rer. Pol.) in economic and social sciences at Osnabrück University. Studied Romance languages, art education and social and communication sciences at RWTH Aachen, the Institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts Saint-Luc in Liège, Belgium, and the University of Göttingen
Political positions
2011-2014 Chairwoman of the Grafschaft Bentheim county branch of the SPD
2009-2011 Member of the executive committee of the Osnabrück county branch of the SPD
2008-2011 Chairwoman of the Osnabrück county branch of the Working Group of Social Democratic Women (ASF)
Since 1992 Member of the SPD
Topics Diversity management, gender equality, demographics, personnel management, organisational development, communication, marketing and public relations