Ingrid Roitzsch (born Ingrid Höhle: 30 July 1940 – 31 January 2011) was a German journalist and politician (CDU). She served between 1992 and 1993 as parliamentary secretary of state (loosely, "junior minister") at the Ministry of Defence.[1][2]
Some thought her controversial.[1] She campaigned for the abolition of the abortion ban and in favour of equal rights for women. On 7 April 1988 she hit the headlines by lighting a cigarette on an airplane in defiance of a smoking ban applied throughout a (domestic) flight by the pilot, on his own initiative, because the WHO had controversially declared the day a "World no smoking day". She later told reporters she was launching a legal action against the airline, Lufthansa, in respect of the matter.[3] After leaving politics she worked in public relations for the cigarette industry.[1]
- ^ a b c thk (2 February 2011). "Ingrid Roitzsch (CDU) am Montag gestorben". Elmshorner Nachtrichten. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Ingrid Roitzsch: deutsche Journalistin und Politikerin (Schleswig-Holstein); CDU". Munzinger Archiv GmbH, Ravensburg. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Fragen an Ingrid Roitsch". Ingrid Roitsch, 47. Die Parlamentarische Geschäftsführerin der CDU/ CSU-Bundestagsfraktion kündigte rechtliche Schritte gegen die Deutsche Lufthansa an, weil sie auf einem Flug von Bonn nach Hamburg auch in der Raucherzone nicht rauchen durfte - der Pilot der Maschine ließ das „No smoking“-Signal während der gesamten Reise leuchten. Begründung: „Weltnichtrauchertag.“. Der Spiegel (online). 18 April 1988. Retrieved 23 May 2019.