{{use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Short description|German politician (1929–2024)}} {{Infobox politician | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|09|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|01|07|1929|09|28}} | death_place = Berlin | party = Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) | office = Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | honorific_prefix = Stadtältester von Berlin | image = Edith Udhardt.jpeg }}
'''Edith Udhardt''' (28 September 1929 – 7 January 2024) was a German politician. She was a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).
== Early life and education == Edith Udhardt was born on 28 September 1929.<ref name=trauer>{{Cite web |title=Traueranzeigen von Edith Udhardt {{!}} Berliner Verlag Trauerportal |url=https://trauer.berlinerverlag.com/traueranzeige/edith-udhardt |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=trauer.berlinerverlag.com |language=de-DE}}</ref>
==Career== Udhardt worked as a nurse. Additionally, she was a social activist, especially after her retirement, for example as chairwoman of the social committee, deputy chairwoman of the state senior citizens' advisory board, and founding member of the Prenzlauer Berg women's advisory board in 1992, which merged into the Pankow women's advisory board in 2001.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://www.berlin.de/ba-pankow/politik-und-verwaltung/beauftragte/gleichstellung/dokumente/frauenbeirat_pankow-festschrift.pdf| title=Streitbar & Vernetzt: 10 Jahre Frauenbeirat Pankow| lang=de| date=2011| archive-date=27 November 2024| access-date=29 November 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127182725/https://www.berlin.de/ba-pankow/politik-und-verwaltung/beauftragte/gleichstellung/dokumente/frauenbeirat_pankow-festschrift.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Political career === In 1990, Udhardt was elected to the Prenzlauer Berg District Council for the first time, where she was chairwoman of the Social Committee.<ref name=berlinparl/>
In the 1995 Berlin state election, standing for the PDS, she won the direct mandate and was elected to the House of Representatives (''Abgeordnetenhaus''), where she served for one term until 1999. There she worked on the Petitions Committee.<ref name=berlinparl>{{Cite web |title=Gedenkworte der Präsidentin des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin für die verstorbene Stadtälteste und ehemalige Abgeordnete Edith Udhardt – Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin |url=https://www.parlament-berlin.de/Reden-der-Praesidenten/gedenkworte-der-prasidentin-des-abgeordnetenhauses-von-berlin-fur-die-verstorbene-stadtalteste-und-ehemalige-abgeordnete-edith-udhardt |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=www.parlament-berlin.de}}</ref>
==Recognition== In 2008 she received the city eldership (''Stadtältestenwürde'') for her social commitment.<ref name=merrin/>
==Death== Urhardt died on 7 January 2024 in Berlin.<ref name=trauer/><ref name=merrin>{{cite web |last=Chalethu |first=Merrin |title=Abgeordnetenhaus gedenkt Edith Udhardt |website=nd-aktuell.de |date=19 January 2024 |url=https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1179335.nachruf-abgeordnetenhaus-gedenkt-edith-udhardt.html |language=de |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref>
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