Heike Heubach

Heike Heubach (; born 14 December 1979) She suffered a middle ear infection as an infant, which is believed to have caused her deafness. From 2008 to 2011 she trained as an industrial clerk at E.ON Facility Management.

Career Heubach worked as an industrial manager, at E.ON until 2013, with approximately 14% of first votes, she was not elected on the party list. becoming its first deaf member. Carolin Wagner, the chairwoman of the Bavarian regional group in the SPD parliamentary group, called the event "a milestone for the inclusion and representation of the deaf community".

Unlike most members of the Bundestag, Heubach will have an assigned seat in the chamber. As an accessibility measure, sign language interpreters will be positioned near her, and when she speaks, an interpreter with a microphone will be positioned next to the parliamentary stenographers.

For the 2025 German federal election, Heubach ran again as a direct candidate in her constituency and was also 14th on the party state list. She received 12.7% of the first votes and was re-elected via the state party list. In the 21st German Bundestag, she is a full member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee on Housing, Urban Development, Construction and Local Government. She is also a substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

Personal life Heubach lives in Stadtbergen in the Augsburg district. Her sign name is the sign for "smile".