Sylvia Löhrmann

Sylvia Löhrmann
Sylvia Löhrmann
	Sylvia Löhrmann
Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 July 2010
Minister of School and Further Education of North Rhine-Westphalia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 July 2010
Personal details
Nationality	German
Political party	Green Party

Sylvia Löhrmann (born March 1, 1957, Essen, Germany) is a German politician.

Political career

A former teacher,^[1] She studied German and Englisch from 1975-1981 at the university of Bochum. Löhrmann is a member of the Green Party, and since 1995 an elected member of the parliament of the German state North-Rhine Westphalia. Since July 15, 2010 she has served as Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Schools and Education in the incumbent state-government under the leadership of Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. As one of the state’s representatives at the Bundesrat, she is a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs.

On 25 March 2015, Löhrmann spoke at the memorial for 16 schoolchildren and two teachers of Joseph-König-Gymnasium who all died in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525.^[2]

Other activities

Aktive Bürgerschaft, Member of the Board of Trustees
Central Committee of German Catholics, Member
Deutschlandradio, Member of the Broadcasting Council
Jugend forscht, Member of the Board of Trustees
NRW.Bank, Member of the Guarantors' Meeting
Stiftung Lesen, Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees
Heinrich Heine University (HHU), Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung, Member of the Board of Trustees
Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member