Ingrid Roitzsch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German politician
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Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
About Ingrid Roitzsch
- Ingrid Roitzsch (born Ingrid Höhle: 30 July 1940 - 31 January 2011) was a German journalist and politician (CDU).
- She served between 1992 and 1993 as parliamentary secretary of state (loosely, "junior minister") at the Ministry of Defence.Some thought her controversial.
- She campaigned for the abolition of the abortion ban and in favour of equal rights for women.
- On 7 April 1988 she hit the headlines by lighting a cigarette on an airplane in defiance of a smoking ban applied throughout a (domestic) flight by the pilot, on his own initiative, because the WHO had controversially declared the day a "World no smoking day".
- She later told reporters she was launching a legal action against the airline, Lufthansa, in respect of the matter.
- After leaving politics she worked in public relations for the cigarette industry.
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