Birgit Pommer

Birgit Pommer (née Ehrhardt, previously Keller, born 28 January 1959) is a German politician of The Left who has served as President of the Landtag of Thuringia from 2019 to 2024.

After vocational training as an electrician, she worked as a research assistant in the field of heavy current plant engineering from 1977 to 1982.

In 1989, Pommer sat at the East German Round Table as a representative of the SED.

From 1990 to 1992, she was a member of the presidium of the party's Thuringia branch; she also stood for election as state chairwoman, but lost to Gabi Zimmer.

On 5 December 2014, Pommer was appointed Minister for Infrastructure and Agriculture in the first cabinet of Minister-President Bodo Ramelow.

[7] She resigned from cabinet after being elected President of the Landtag on 26 November, becoming the first member of her party to hold this office in any state parliament.