Erika Steinbach Politician

About this sound Erika Steinbach (born 25 July 1943) is a German conservative politician and was the president of the Federation of Expellees from 1998 to 2014. She has been representing the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the state of Hesse as a member of the Parliament of Germany, the Bundestag, since 1990. She represents the constituency of Frankfurt am Main II, and she is the spokeswoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group on human rights and humanitarian aid. She is a member of the leadership of the CDU/CSU parliamentary coalition, and served as a member of the CDU national board from 2000 to 2010.Erika Steinbach studied music and was a member of concert orchestras before becoming a politician.