Sylvia Bretschneider

Sylvia Bretschneider (14 November 1960 – 28 April 2019) was a German politician. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She became a member of the Landtag ("regional parliament") of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1994. She became speaker of the state's assembly in 2002. She died in office in 2019. She was born in Waren (Müritz), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She was married and had three children. 
Bretschneider died of cancer in Neubrandenburg on 28 April 2019. She was 58.