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ID 25758

GermanyGermanyActive member

Ruth FIRMENICH

NINon-attached Members
Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

6

Currently active

4

Total departed

2

Departed share

33.3%

2 of 6

Also draws on 1 shared assistants (1 currently, 0 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

6 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26Maurício José ESTRABOCHA …Ceylan MÜLLER DÜZEzgi Bilge GÜYILDARHeike Stefanie HÄNSELMartin HANTKEBKS partners. GmbH (forme…
Accredited assistantsLocal assistantsPaying agentsin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Maurício José ESTRABOCHA MIGUELAccredited assistants06/11/2024left before Mar 2026
Ceylan MÜLLER DÜZAccredited assistants15/10/202519/07/2026
Ezgi Bilge GÜYILDARAccredited assistants05/11/2025in post
Heike Stefanie HÄNSELAccredited assistants18/09/2026in post
Martin HANTKELocal assistants03/09/2025in post
BKS partners. GmbH (former BHSK GmbH)Paying agents12/07/2025in post

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member33.3%
EP average30.2%
Germany33.4%
Non-attached Members29.2%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Accredited assistants22400
Paying agents10100
Local assistants10100
Accredited assistants (grouping)00011

Active assistants · 5

NameCategorySince
Ezgi Bilge GÜYILDARAccredited assistants05/11/2025
Heike Stefanie HÄNSELAccredited assistants18/09/2026
Judith Ildiko BENDAAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024
Martin HANTKELocal assistants03/09/2025
BKS partners. GmbH (former BHSK GmbH)Paying agents12/07/2025

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Ruth FIRMENICH per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-110yes
2024-120yes
2025-010yes
2025-020yes
2025-030yes
2025-040yes
2025-050yes
2025-060yes
2025-071yes
2025-081yes
2025-092yes
2025-103yes
2025-114yes
2025-124yes
2026-014yes
2026-024yes
2026-034no
2026-044no
2026-054no
2026-064no
2026-073no
2026-083no
2026-094no
2026-104no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

06 mo12 mo18 mo24 moEP median

1 dated departure · office median 9 mo · Parliament median 16 mo

Tenure of departed staff, months
Ceylan MÜLLER DÜZ9

Former assistants · 2

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Ceylan MÜLLER DÜZAccredited assistants15/10/202519/07/20269m
Maurício José ESTRABOCHA MIGUELAccredited assistants06/11/2024left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →