Susanne Höpken

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The Honorable
Susanne Höpken
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Höpken in 2020
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Acting
Assumed office
7 November 2014
Serving with Daniel Gerlach
DeputyJens Blügner
Friedrich Strohl
Hilde Püttling
Maria Ahrndt
Benno Farries
Preceded byLothar Obrecht
First Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
Acting
Assumed office
27 March 2019
PresidentDaniel Gerlach
Preceded bySimon Kahnich
Minister of the Economy of the Realm
In office
6 March 2014 – 20 September 2016
Prime MinisterLothar Obrecht
Thomas Falkner
DeputyChristoph Klemsmann
Frederika Stahl
Preceded bySimon Kahnich
Succeeded byJens Blügner
Member of the Landtag of Aldia
In office
1 May 2012 – 26 October 2020
Parliamentary groupSocial Democratic Party
ConstituencyRothenau
Personal details
Born
Susanne Avazan

(1980-04-28) April 28, 1980 (age 44)
Rothenau, Aldia, Mascylla
CitizenshipMascylla
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Party
Domestic partnerMatthias Höpken
ChildrenLiana Höpken
RelativesHöpken family
Avazan family
Alma materUniversity of Weidenau
SignatureSusanne Höpken's signature

Susanne Höpken (born 28 April 1980 as Susanne Avazan) is a Mascyllary politician currently serving as Leader and First Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Mascylla (SDP) since November 2014 and March 2019, respectively. She jointly leads the SDP with Daniel Gerlach since 2015 and served an active political career as Minister of the Economy from March 2014 to September 2016 and Member of the Landtag of Aldia for the SDP between May 2012 and October 2020. She is the first person of X descent, youngest and third woman to have served as leader of the SDP and Minister of the Economy, and was the first X woman to have been nominated by her party as their candidate for the 2016 prime ministerial election.

Early life and education

Political career

Political views and positions

Hostility

Due to her partial non-Mascyllary origin and political influence, Höpken has repeatedly been the object of political hate speech by calling her a "migrant", "foreigner" or "parasite"[1], and sexist insults; comedian Ralf Sömmer of the private broadcaster Signal 5 called her "a cheap Orient hooker" in 2019,[2] while Chirper users called to sexually abuse Höpken prior to her election as co-Party Leader of the SDP.[3] Due to these insults and hostile threats she has since been under constant personal protection.

Personal life

Susanne Höpken married former SDP member and mayor of Stakau Matthias Höpken (born 1978) in April 2010. Their daughter Liana was born in November 2011.

The family lived in the Drayer neighbourhood of Augusthal before moving to Marienfelde near Königsreh in early 2014.

References

  1. "Der Kampf ausländisch-stämmiger Politiker in Maskillien" Globus, 14 March, 2017.
  2. "Komödiant bezeichnet Höpken als "orientale Nutte", tritt Aufschrei los" Allgemeines Blatt, 4 July, 2019.
  3. "Reichspolizei untersucht Onlineaufforderung nach Höpke-Vergewaltigung" Langquaider Zeitung, 29 October, 2015.