Lissy Gröner
Lissy Gröner MEP | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 1989–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1954 Langenfeld, West Germany |
| Died | 9 September 2019 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Spouse | Sabine Gillessen (2005–2019) |
Liselotte Carola Gröner (31 May 1954 – 9 September 2019[1]) was a German politician and, from 1989 to 2009, was a Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group. She sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
She was a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
Activities
[edit]- Vice-President of SIW (Socialist International Women)
- PSE coordinator on the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal opportunities
- Vice-Chair of the Children's Alliance
- Member of the board of the Association of Social-Democratic Women
Member of
[edit]- The Workers' Welfare Association (AWO)
- Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND, Association for Nature and Environmental Protection)
- Europa-Union Deutschland
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom IFFF
Main areas of work
[edit]- Spokeswoman for SPD Members of the European Parliament on youth policy
Rapporteur for
[edit]- The 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing and Beijing +5
- Problems of children in the European Community
- Poverty among women in Europe
- Equal opportunities programme (interim report)
- 2000-2006: The Youth Action Programme
- White Paper on youth
Personal life
[edit]Gröner was a lesbian and was married to Sabine Gillessen. The couple married in Belgium in September 2005, with Gröner announcing, "There is no discrimination of same-sex couples in Belgium by law. And this is the signal we want to give to the people in Europe, to send the message out: it's possible to honor the love of same-sex people by law".[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tod von Lissy Gröner löst in Neustadt Trauer aus" (in German). 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "German MEP marries lesbian partner in Brussels". euronews.com. 10 September 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Personal profile of Lissy Gröner in the European Parliament's database of members
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in German)
| International | |
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| National | |
| People | |
- 1954 births
- 2019 deaths
- Bisexual women politicians
- German bisexual women
- German bisexual politicians
- Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs
- MEPs for Germany 1989–1994
- MEPs for Germany 1994–1999
- MEPs for Germany 1999–2004
- MEPs for Germany 2004–2009
- 20th-century women MEPs for Germany
- 21st-century women MEPs for Germany
- 20th-century German LGBTQ people
- 21st-century German LGBTQ people
- People from Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim
- LGBTQ MEPs for Germany