Karin Strenz
Karin Strenz in 2016
Member of the Bundestag for Ludwigslust-Parchim II – Nordwestmecklenburg II – Landkreis Rostock I
In office 27 October 2009 – 21 March 2021
Preceded by	Iris Hoffmann
Succeeded by	Maika Friemann-Jennert
Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
In office 5 November 2007 – 9 November 2009
Preceded by	Kerstin Fiedler-Wilhelm
Succeeded by	André Specht
Constituency	CDU List
In office 22 October 2002 – 16 October 2006
Constituency	CDU List
Personal details
Born	(1967-10-14)14 October 1967 Lübz, East Germany
Died	21 March 2021(2021-03-21) (aged 53) Limerick, Ireland
Political party	CDU

Karin Strenz (14 October 1967 – 21 March 2021) was a German politician who represented the CDU. Strenz served as a member of the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern between 2009 and 2021.^[1]

Career

Strenz was born in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She became member of the Bundestag after the 2009 German federal election^[2] and was a member of the defense committee.^[3] Strenz was implicated in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal.^[4][5] Subsequently her parliamentary immunity was lifted and several locations in Germany and Belgium were searched in January 2020.^[6]

Death

On 21 March 2021, Strenz fell unconscious during a flight between Cuba and Germany, following which the pilot decided to make an unscheduled landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland.^[1] Later she died in University Hospital Limerick,^[7] aged 53.