Anja Karliczek
Anja Karliczek | |
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Federal Minister of Education and Research | |
Assumed office 14 March 2018 | |
Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
Preceded by | Johanna Wanka |
Member of the Bundestag for Steinfurt III | |
Assumed office 22 September 2013 | |
Preceded by | Dieter Jasper |
Personal details | |
Born | Ibbenbüren, West Germany | 29 April 1971
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Spouse | Lothar Karliczek |
Children | 3 |
Anja Karliczek (born 29 April 1971) is a German politician of the CDU. She has been Federal Minister of Education and Research in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth cabinet since 14 March 2018.[1]
Early life and career
Anja Karliczek was born in Ibbenbüren and grew up in Tecklenburg. After an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank in Osnabrück, she moved to work in her family's hotel in 1993. While raising a family and working full-time, Karliczek studied business administration at University of Hagen from 2003 until 2008, with a diploma thesis analysing the fiscal advantages of transferring pension obligations from the employer’s point of view.
Political career
Karliczek joined the CDU in 1998 and became the party's local chair in Tecklenburg in 2011.
Member of Parliament, 2013–present
Karliczek has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2013 elections, representing Steinfurt III.[2] Between 2013 and 2018, she was a member of the Finance Committee, where she served as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group's rapporteur on occupational and fully funded pension schemes and employee shareholding. From 2017, she also served as deputy of Michael Grosse-Brömer in his role as First Secretary of the parliamentary group. In this capacity, she was a member of the parliament’s Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.
In addition to her committee assignments, Karliczek is a member of the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Group. Within the CDU/CSU, she is a member of MIT, its pro-business wing. She also belongs to the Münsterland Circle (Münsterlandrunde) which brings together all parliamentarians from the eponymous region in Westphalia; it also includes Sybille Benning and Jens Spahn, among others.
Federal Minister of Education and Research, 2018–present
In her capacity as minister, Karliczek is a member of the Joint Science Conference (GWK), a body which deals with all questions of research funding, science and research policy strategies and the science system that jointly affect Germany’s federal government and its 16 federal states.
Other activities
- Deutscher Zukunftspreis, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[3]
- Ernst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study, Ex-Officio Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees[4]
- German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[5]
- German National Association for Student Affairs, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[6]
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Ex-Officio Member of the Senate (since 2018)[7]
- Rotary International, Member
Political positions
In June 2017, Karliczek voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[8]
Personal life
She married Eurowings pilot[9] Lothar Karliczek in 1995; they have three children.[10]
References
- ^ BMBF-Internetredaktion. "Anja Karliczek - BMBF". Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Anja Karliczek". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Board of Trustees Deutscher Zukunftspreis.
- ^ Board of Trustees Ernst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study.
- ^ Board of Trustees German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK).
- ^ Board of Trustees German National Association for Student Affairs.
- ^ Senate Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
- ^ Peter Henrichmann (January 17, 2018), Bundestagsabgeordnete Anja Karliczek spricht über Sorgen um den Arbeitsplatz: „Nie nur auf ein Einkommen setzen“ Westfälische Nachrichten.
- ^ "Anja Karliczek | Persönlich". anja-karliczek.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-14.