Heinke Salisch

Heinke Salisch
Heinke Salisch as a MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
In office 1979–1996
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-14) 14 August 1941 Grevenbroich, Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Heinke Salisch (born 14 August 1941) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She was a long-serving member of the European Parliament and previously worked as an interpreter.

Life

After graduating from high school, Salisch studied applied linguistics in Mainz and graduated with a degree in interpreting in 1965. She then worked as a freelance conference interpreter until 1979. Heinke Salisch is widowed and has two sons.

Political career

As early as 1971, Salisch became a city councillor in Karlsruhe, a body she served on until 1988. In the first European direct elections in 1979, Salisch was elected to the European Parliament and re-elected in 1984 and 1989. She was a member of the European Parliament until 1996. From 1995 to 2003, she was mayor of Karlsruhe and headed the building department.

Literature

• Ina Hochreuther: Frauen im Parlament. Südwestdeutsche Abgeordnete seit 1919. Im Auftrag des Landtags herausgegeben von der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1012-8, S. 231–232.

External links

• Personal profile of Heinke Salisch in the European Parliament's database of members
• Eintrag im Archiv der sozialen Demokratie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung