Heike Heubach

[1][2] She suffered a middle ear infection as an infant, which is believed to have caused her deafness.

[1][5] Heubach joined the SPD in November 2019,[2] and ran for the Stadtberg city council in the 2020 local elections.

[3] In February 2021, she was nominated as a direct candidate for SPD Bavaria in the Augsburg-Land constituency for the 2021 federal election.

[4][3] On 20 March 2024, she replaced Uli Grötsch in the Bundestag when he resigned,[7] becoming its first deaf member.

[4] She has said that while inclusion will be a focus of hers in the Bundestag, specifically the shortage of sign-language interpreters, her primary issue will be the climate crisis.