Brigitte Klinkert
Brigitte Klinkert | |
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| Minister Delegate for Integration | |
| Assumed office 6 July 2020 | |
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| Born | Brigitte Anne Francine Klinkert 22 July 1956 Colmar, France |
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| Alma mater | Regional Institute of Administration, Metz |
| Awards | National Order of Merit Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Legion of Honour |
Brigitte Klinkert is a French politician, currently serving as Minister Delegate in charge of Integration attached to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Integration in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex since 2020.[1]
Biography
Brigitte Anne Francine Klinkert was born on 22 July 1956 in Colmar, Alsace, France. Her grandfather, Joseph Rey, had been the mayor of Colmar from 1947 to 1977.[2] After secondary school in a private catholic institution, she studied Law (1976) before graduating from the Metz Regional Institute of Administration in 1978.[3]
She started her career as municipal councilor of Colmar in 1983, a position she will keep until 2020. She joined the Haut-Rhin General Council in 1994. She became President of the Haut-Rhin department in 2017, the first woman elected in that position, she left the position to enter the Castex government in July 2020, as Minister delegate for Integration under the direction of Minister of Labour, Elisabeth Borne.[4]
After being a member of UDF from 1998 to 2002, she joined UMP then, after the party changed its named, LR in 2015 before leaving in 2019.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Qui sont les ministres du gouvernement Castex ?". Le Monde.fr (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Brigitte Klinkert at Insertion, a new recruit from LR". Web24 News. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Mme Brigitte KLINKERT - Directrice territoriale - Biographie mise à jour le 31 juillet 2020". LesBiographies.com (in French).
- ^ "Politique. Brigitte Klinkert entre au gouvernement". DNA (in French). 6 July 2020.
- ^ archyde (7 July 2020). "Who is Brigitte Klinkert, new minister responsible for employment?". Archyde.
Sources
- Biographie Brigitte Klinkert (in French)
- Resumé Brigitte Klinkert (in French)
- "Qui est Brigitte Klinkert, la première femme présidente du Haut-Rhin ?". Rue89 Strasbourg (in French). 9 October 2017.
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