Born in
Cleveland, Mittag became a member of the Bundestag in the
2013 German federal election. She unsuccessfully contested
Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land in 2013 and 2017. In parliament, Mittag is a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on Food and Agriculture. Since 2018, she has also been a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of Acoustic Surveillance of the Private Home. In the negotiations to form a so-called
traffic light coalition of the SPD, the
Green Party and the
Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the
2021 federal elections, Mittag was part of her party's delegation in the working group on agriculture and nutrition, co-chaired by
Till Backhaus,
Renate Künast and
Carina Konrad. Since the 2021 elections, Mittag has been serving as her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for agriculture and nutrition. In 2024, Mittag announced that she wouldn't seek re-election to the Bundestag in the
2025 German federal election. == References ==