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362:. From 1989 to 1991, Pommer worked as a kindergarten teacher. Between 1995 and 2004, she was a staff member in a constituency office. Pommer adopted her surname upon marrying Reiner Pommer in 2022. Previously, she was known as Birgit Keller. She has two children as well as three grandchildren from her previous marriage.
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