Britta Ernst
Britta Ernst | |
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![]() Ernst in 2014 | |
President of the Kultusministerkonferenz | |
Assumed office 1 January 2021 | |
Preceded by | Stefanie Hubig |
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport of Brandenburg | |
Assumed office 28 September 2017 | |
Minister-President | Dietmar Woidke |
Preceded by | Günter Baaske |
Spouse of the Chancellor of Germany | |
Current | |
In role since 8 December 2021 | |
Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
Preceded by | Joachim Sauer |
Minister for School and Professional Education of Schleswig-Holstein | |
In office 16 September 2014 – 28 June 2017 | |
Minister-President | Torsten Albig |
Preceded by | Waltraud Wende |
Succeeded by | Karin Prien |
Member of the Bundesrat for Brandenburg | |
In office 17 October 2017 – 19 November 2019 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Member of the Hamburg Parliament | |
In office 8 October 1997 – 31 August 2011 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Olaf Steinbiß |
Constituency | Social Democratic Party List |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany) | 23 February 1961
Political party | Social Democratic Party (1978–) |
Spouse | |
Residence(s) | Old Market Square, Potsdam |
Alma mater | Hamburger Universität für Wirtschaft und Politik |
Occupation |
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Website | |
Britta Ernst (born 23 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She was a member of the Hamburg Parliament from 1997 to 2011, and served as School Minister of Schleswig-Holstein from 2014 to 2017. Since 2017, Ernst serves as Education Minister of Brandenburg, and in 2021 as president of the Kultusministerkonferenz.
Early life
Ernst was born in Hamburg. After her Abitur in 1980, she completed an apprenticeship in real estate. Afterwards, Ernst studied general economics, graduating in 1990, and social economics, graduating in 1992.[1][2]
Ernst is a member of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and of the ver.di union.[1]
In 1998, Ernst married fellow politician Olaf Scholz, who was elected Chancellor of Germany in 2021. The couple lives in Potsdam.[2]
Politics
Ernst has been an active member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since 1978. From 1991 to 1993 as a member of the Altona district assembly. In 1993 she was senator Traute Müller 's personal advisor. From 1994 to 1997 she was senator Thomas Mirow's personal advisor. Ernst was a member of the Hamburg Parliament from 8 October 1997 to 31 August 2011.[3] She represented the SPD in the school committee, science committee and the special committee for neglected children. She was also a member of the commission for school development. From 2001 to 2006 she was deputy parliamentary group leader of the SPD parliamentary group and spokesperson for school policy. Her political priorities are school and education policy as well as gender equality. From 2006 to the beginning of 2011, Ernst was the parliamentary director of her faction. In the 2008 Hamburg state election, she was re-elected to the Hamburg parliament, this time for the Altona constituency . During this term of office, Ernst served as the SPD's spokesperson on constitutional matters. In addition, she continued to serve on the school committee and started to serve on the constitutional and district committee.[1][4][5]
During the 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election, Ernst was a member of Ralf Stegner's shadow cabinet. In the 2011 Hamburg state election, she was re-elected to the Hamburg parliament, but resigned on 31 August of the same year in order to work as deputy parliamentary group manager for the SPD faction in the German Bundestag.[6] In 2014, she was appointed Minister for School and Professional Education of the state of Schleswig-Holstein in minister-president Torsten Albig's cabinet and served as such until 2017,[7] as well as deputy member of the German Bundesrat from 2014 to 2017.[8]
Since September 2017, Ernst serves as Minister for Education, Youth and Sport of the state of Brandenburg in minister-president Dietmar Woidke's cabinet.[9][10] From 2017 to 2019, she has been a member of the German Bundesrat, and has been a deputy member since 2019.[8] In 2021, she also serves as President of the Kultusministerkonferenz, the assembly of ministers of education of the German states.[11]
References
- ^ a b c "Britta Ernst: Politik, soziales Engagement und Privatleben – alle Infos zu Olaf Scholz' Ehefrau". Kreiszeitung.
- ^ a b "Ministerin Ernst". Ministerin für Bildung, Jugend und Sport.
- ^ "Statistiken – Mandatsveränderungen - 20. Hamburgische Bürgerschaft". Hamburgische Bürgerschaft. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ Britta Ernst (SPD-Fraktion) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-27)
- ^ Lebenslauf at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-03-01)
- ^ Personal statement, 16 March 2011 on www.britta-ernst.de at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-08-28)
- ^ Ministerin Britta Ernst at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-04-26)
- ^ a b "Britta Ernst". German Bundesrat. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ "100 Tage im Amt – das will die Bildungsministerin". Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Landesregierung Brandenburg im Überblick". Government of Brandenburg. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Präsidentin Britta Ernst". Kultusministerkonferenz. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
External links
Media related to Britta Ernst at Wikimedia Commons
- Ministerin Ernst at the Ministry for Education, Youth and Sport
- Britta Ernst on abgeordnetenwatch.de
- Living people
- 1961 births
- Politicians from Hamburg
- 20th-century German politicians
- Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
- Members of the Hamburg Parliament
- Olaf Scholz
- 21st-century German politicians
- Ministers of the Schleswig-Holstein State Government
- Women ministers of State Governments in Germany
- Ministers of the Brandenburg State Government
- Spouses of chancellors of Germany