Hajduk was born in Duisburg and has three brothers. After her Abitur, she studied psychology in Duisburg and then in Hamburg. She finished her studies at the university with a Diplom in 1988. Hajduk is a lesbian.[2]
Political career
From 1997 to 2002 Hajduk was a member of the parliament of the city Hamburg.
Member of the German Bundestag, 2002–2008
From 2002 to 2008 Hajduk was a member of the German Bundestag. She was a member of the Green Party's parliamentary group, serving as deputy chairwoman of the budget committee and her group's spokesperson on the national budget.[3] Between 2005 and 2009, she also served as deputy chairwoman of the German-Canadian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
State Minister (Senator) for City Development and Environment in Hamburg, 2008–2010
In addition to her committee assignments, Hajduk also served as deputy chairwoman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Australia, New Zealand and East Timor and as full member of the German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2013 until 2017.[5]
In 2014, Hajduk was part of the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Commission on Financial Policy which developed a comprehensive concept on Germany's fiscal policy.[6]
In September 2020, Hajduk announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign her seat by the end of the parliamentary term.[7]
^Blech, Norbert (19 May 2005). "Acht Homos im neuen Bundestag". www.queer.de (in German). Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007.