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Antje Tillmann
Antje Tillmann (born 18 August 1964 in Düsseldorf) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2002. Early life After graduating from high school in 1983, Tillmann studied Finance at the University of Applied Sciences for Finance in Nordkirchen, which she completed in 1986 with a Degree in Finance. She then worked as a tax official in North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1991, she moved to Brandenburg, where she participated in the establishment of the University of Applied Sciences for Finance in Königs Wusterhausen. In 1993, she finally went to Thuringia and worked in the Ministry of Finance there. In 1998, she passed the examination to become a tax consultant. Tillmann is Roman Catholic, divorced, and has one daughter. Political career Tillmann first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2002 German federal election. She was a member of the Budget Committee until moving to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (, ) in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany and thus it is the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag. The members of the Bundestag are representatives of the German people as a whole, are not bound by any orders or instructions and are only accountable to their electorate. The minimum legal number of members of the Bundestag (german: link=no, Mitglieder des Bundestages) is 598; however, due to the system of overhang and leveling seats the current 20th Bundestag has a total of 736 members, making it the largest Bundestag to date and the largest freely elected national parliamentary chamber in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Merkel Cabinet
The Fourth Merkel cabinet (German: ''Kabinett Merkel IV'') was the 23rd Government of the Federal Republic of Germany during the 19th legislative session of the Bundestag. It was sworn in on 14 March 2018 following the 2017 federal election and dismissed on 26 October 2021, acting in a caretaker mode until 8 December 2021. It was preceded by the third Merkel cabinet and succeeded by the Scholz cabinet. Led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was the third cabinet under Merkel to be supported by a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Composition The cabinet consists of Chancellor Angela Merkel and fifteen (fourteen since 20 May 2021) federal ministers. Olaf Scholz (SPD) replaced Sigmar Gabriel as Vice Chancellor and CSU Leader Horst Seehofer became Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community. Fourteen ministers head a department (since 20 May 2021, one minister heads two de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Red Cross
The German Red Cross (german: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz ; DRK) is the national Red Cross Society in Germany. With 4 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services within and outside Germany. GRC provides 52 hospitals, elderly care (over 500 nursing homes and a mobile nursing care network of covering the entire country), care for children and youth (i.e. 1.300 kindergartens, a full range of social services for children). GRC also provides 75% of the blood supply and 60% of the emergency medical services in Germany, as well as first aid training. GRC headquarters provides international humanitarian aid ( disaster management and development assistance) to over 50 countries across the world. Voluntary societies of the German Red Cross The majority of active voluntary Red Cross members are part of the five voluntary societies of the German Red Cross. * Bereitschaften (emergency response units, about 160,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation (german: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, KAS) is a German political party foundation associated with but independent of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The foundation's headquarters are located in Sankt Augustin near Bonn, as well as in Berlin. Globally, the KAS has 78 offices and runs programs in over 100 countries. Its current chairman is the former President of the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag, Norbert Lammert. It is a member of the Martens Centre, the official foundation and think tank of the European People's Party (EPP). In 2020, it ranked 15th amongst think tanks globally. Establishment and mission The establishment of a “systematic civic-education program inspired by Christian democratic values” began being considered in 1952 by a group of CDU politicians including Bundestag president Hermann Ehlers, Robert Tillmanns, and Heinrich Krone. On 20 December 1955, the ''Society for Christian Democratic Education'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
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Oliver Wittke
Oliver Wittke (born 24 September 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Early life and education Born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wittke studied geosciences and economics at the Ruhr University Bochum. Career in state politics From 1999 to 2004, Wittke was the direct elected mayor of Gelsenkirchen, this office was ever hold before by politicians of the SPD. On 24 June 2005, Wittke was appointed State Minister of Construction and Transport in the cabinet of Minister-President Jürgen Rüttgers of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 10 December 2007 he was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, representing the electoral district of Herford. On 11 February 2009, he resigned from his ministerial post due to revelations that he had been caught speeding (107 km/h in a residential zone) in November 2008. Pursuant to German law, he was barred from driving for a period of two months. He had committed a similarly severe traffic violation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Schön
Nadine Schön (born ''Nadine Müller'', 5 June 1983 in Lebach, Saarland) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2009, representing the constituency of St. Wendel. Political career Career in state politics Between 2004 and 2009, Schön served as a member of the Landtag of the Saarland, where she was the CDU parliamentary group's spokesperson on research and higher education. Member of the German Parliament, 2009–present Schön became a member of the German Bundestag in the 2009 federal elections. Between 2009 and 2013, she served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology and the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. In this capacity, she was her parliamentary group's rapporteur on gender equality and the validation of foreign studies and degrees. In the negotiations to form a '' Grand Coalition'' of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats ( CDU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McAllister
David James McAllister (born 12 January 1971) is a German politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. He is the current Vice President of the European People's Party and he is also Vice Chairman of the International Democrat Union. He was appointed Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee in February 2017. On 1 July 2010 McAllister was elected Minister-President of the state of Lower Saxony, succeeding Christian Wulff, who resigned following his election as President of Germany. Until his election defeat on 19 February 2013, he headed a coalition government with the liberal FDP, the Cabinet McAllister. In the 2014 European elections, McAllister was elected a Member of the European Parliament as the CDU's top candidate in Lower Saxony. A lawyer by profession, he served as chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Lower Saxon Parliament f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Jung
Andreas Jung (born 13 May 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2005. Since 2022, Jung has been one of five deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz. Political career Jung first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2005 German federal election. From 2005 until 2013, he was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on climate protection. He also chaired the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development from 2009 until 2018. In addition to his committee assignments, Jung has been chairing the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since March 2019, he has been serving as co-chair of the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly. In the negotiations to form a ''Grand Coalition'' of Chancellor Angela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Günther
Daniel Günther (born 24 July 1973) is a German politician who is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Since 28 June 2017, he has served as the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1 November 2018 to 31 October 2019, he served as President of the Bundesrat, being succeeded by Dietmar Woidke. Early life and education Günther studied politics and psychology at University of Kiel. Career Career in state politics Günther has been a member of Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. since the 2009 state elections. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Education (2009–2014) and the Finance Committee (2009–2012). From 2014 until 2017, he served as chairman of the CDU parliamentary group. In this capacity, he was also a member of the Council of Elders. When Ingbert Liebing resigned in late 2016 from his role as leading candidate for the 2017 state elections after consistently bad polling results, Günther was elected by the party members t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Heintze
Roland Heintze (born 29 April 1973) is a German politician for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Life and politics Heintze was born in 1973 in Hamburg and became a member of the CDU in 1994. He was a member of the Hamburg Parliament The Hamburg Parliament (german: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft; literally “Hamburgish Citizenry”) is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parli ... from 2004 to 2015. From 2015 Heintze served as chairman of the CDU in Hamburg. In December 2018, he presided over the CDU’s national convention in Hamburg. In 2020, Heintze proposed Christoph Ploß as candidate to succeed him as chairman. Other activities * Donner & Reuschel, Member of the Advisory Board * Hamburgische Regenbogenstiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Scholz
Olaf Scholz (; born ) is a German politician who has served as the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor of Germany, Vice Chancellor under Angela Merkel and as Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany), Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021. He was also List of mayors of Hamburg, First Mayor of Hamburg from 2011 to 2018 and deputy leader of the SPD from 2009 to 2019. Scholz began his career as a lawyer specialising in Labour law, labour and employment law. He became a member of the SPD in the 1970s and was a member of the Bundestag from 1998 to 2011. Scholz served in the Government of Hamburg, Hamburg Government under List of mayors of Hamburg, First Mayor Ortwin Runde in 2001, before his election as Social Democratic Party of Germany, General Secretary of the SPD in 2002, serving alongside SPD leader and then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
