Franziska Drohsel

Franziska Drohsel
Chairwoman of the Young Socialists in the SPD
In office
24 November 2007  18 June 2010
Preceded by Björn Böhning
Succeeded by Sascha Vogt
Personal details
Born 1 June 1980
Wedding, West Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Political party SPD
Alma mater Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupation Lawyer, politician

Franziska Drohsel (born 1 June 1980 in Wedding, West Berlin[1]) is a German politician. From 24 November 2007 until 18 June 2010 she was chairperson of the Young Socialists in the SPD (also called "Jusos"), a division of the German Social Democratic Party.

Drohsel studied law, and including an Eramus exchange year at La Sapienza University, in Rome. After state legal exams in 2005, she became a doctoral student and researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin. She has been active with Jusos since 1995, and the SPD since 2001. She is also a member of the trade union ver.di. As a result of public pressure, a few days after being elected Jusos party chairperson, she gave up her membership to Rote Hilfe e.V. (a revival of the historical International Red Aid), which is considered to be a left-wing extremist organization by the German Verfassungsschutz.[2]

Drohsel earned a doctorate under Ulrich Battis in 2010, with a dissertation entitled "Vereinbarkeit gesetzlicher Öffnungsklauseln mit der Koalitionsfreiheit aus Art. 9 Abs. 3 GG." She is now a lawyer at the Berlin law firm of Hummel & Kaleck.[3]

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