Sabine Uecker was born on 1 May 1943 in
Potsdam,
Brandenburg. Her parents were both teachers, and she grew up in
East Germany. She received her
Abitur in 1961, and began studying
chemical engineering. A resident of the town of
Teltow, she was the head of research and development at
VEB Electronic Components Teltow in 1990. In November 1989, Uecker co-founded a branch of the
Social Democratic Party in Teltow. She was elected to the
Volkskammer in the March
1990 East German general election, the only
free and fair parliamentary election in the country's history, representing the
Potsdam District as a member of the SDP. She served in the Volkskammer until 2 October 1990, as
Germany reunified the following day. Uecker immediately began serving in the
Bundestag as a member of the reunified
Social Democratic Party, sitting on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs. She ran for re-election in the
1990 German federal election, but was defeated. Uecker was also a member of the Teltow city council and the
Potsdam-Mittelmark district council from 1990 until 1995. After leaving parliament, she became the head of the Brandenburg State Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Women; she held the position until her retirement in 2006. == References ==