The German parliament has welcomed its first deaf lawmaker, who took her place in a moment that the house’s speaker described as historic. Heike Heubach narrowly missed out on a seat in parliament’s lower house, or Bundestag, in Germany’s 2021 election.
Lawmaker Heike Heubach, front center, the first deaf member of the Bundestag, sits between members of the faction of the German Social Democrats at the start of a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The German parliament on Thursday welcomed its first deaf lawmaker, who took her place in a development that the house’s speaker described as historic.
Heubach, who has a background as an industrial manager, was welcomed with applause and with raised, waving hands by her fellow lawmakers.
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