Borchardt studied at the Leipzig University of Education from 1987 to 1992, aiming to become a teacher at secondary level I.[2][4] She graduated with the first state examination. She also completed further training as a health insurance business administrator from 2001 to 2003 and a master's distance learning program in health management at Wismar University of Applied Sciences between 2018 and 2020.[2]
After completing her first degree, she held various positions at Barmer Ersatzkasse from 1992.[4] From January 2012 to April 2017, she was the regional managing director of Barmer in Schwerin, having previously held the deputy position since 2007.[1][5] After working briefly for Barmer in Rostock, she was a health policy officer at Barmer's regional office in Hamburg from September 2018.[2] In June 2019, she moved to the International Federation, where she became head of the nursing division and management representative for PWG gGmbH.[1]
Simone Borchardt is divorced and has two children. She lives in the municipality of Warnow (near Grevesmühlen).[1] She is of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination.[6]
Political activities
Borchardt has been a member of the CDU since 2013. In 2016, she stood for the party in the Schwerin mayoral election,[5][7] in which she received 18.2 per cent of the vote and came in third.[8]
In the 2021 Bundestag election, Simone Borchardt stood in the Bundestag constituency of Ludwigslust-Parchim II - Nordwestmecklenburg II - Landkreis Rostock I, where she came second with 18.2 per cent of the first-place vote.[9] She entered the 20th German Bundestag via the state list,[10] on which she was ranked third. She is a member of the Petitions Committee. She is a member of the Petitions Committee and the Health Committee.[2]
Political positions
In April 2023, she was one of two CDU/CSU parliamentary group members to vote to set up a committee of inquiry into the Coronavirus at the request of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.[11][12]
Memberships
Within the CDU in 2021, Borchardt is the district chairwoman of the Women's Union of Northwest Mecklenburg and a member of the Union of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and the Economy.[1]
