Doris Schröder-Köpf ( Köpf; born 5 August 1963) is a German journalist and politician. She was the fourth wife of former

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. Her articles have been published in newspapers and magazines including ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Köpf and partner Sven Kuntze moved to New York City in 1990, where they had a daughter named Klara in the following year. Soon after the birth the pair separated and Köpf moved back to

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with the child. In October 1997, Köpf married Gerhard Schröder, then

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. The couple adopted three year old Viktoria from

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in 2004, and a boy named Gregor in 2006. They separated in March 2015, and divorced in January 2018.

Political career

In April 2013, Schröder-Köpf was elected as a member of the

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for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), where she serves on the Committee on Internal Affairs and Sports as well as on its Sub-Committee on Media. In addition, she was appointed State Commissioner of Migration and Immigration issues for Lower Saxony in the state government of

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Other activities

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, Member of the JuryInternational Willy Brandt Prize

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. * Niedersächsische Lotto-Sport-Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees

References

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