Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic (born 28 May 1962 in

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) is a German politician for the

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Political career

Heinen-Kljajic was elected to the

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in 2003 state elections, and has been re-elected in

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and

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. On February 19, 2013, she was sworn in as State Minister for Science and Culture in the government of Minister-President

Stephan Weil Stephan Weil (born 15 December 1958) is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013, the SPD and the Green party won the 2013 Lower Saxony state election by one seat. On 19 February 2013 ...

. As one of her state's representatives at the Bundesrat, she served on the Committee on Cultural Affairs. When the Green Party had to leave the coalition government following 2017 state elections, Heinen-Kljajic was succeeded by

Björn Thümler Björn Thümler (; born 22 November 1970) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister for Science and Culture for Lower Saxony from 2017 to 2022. Thümler has been a part of the Landtag of Lower Saxony ...

Other activities

Volkswagen Foundation The Volkswagen Foundation (German: ''VolkswagenStiftung'') is the largest German private nonprofit organization involved in the promotion and support of academic research. It is not affiliated to the present company, the Volkswagen Group. It wa ...

, Chairwoman of the Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees

, Hannover. *

Deutsches Museum The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees *

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry The Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (german: Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie), also known as the Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute (german: Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institut), was a research institute of the Ma ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees *

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Germany, is a research institute for investigations of complex non-equilibrium systems, particularly in physics and biology. Its founding history goes back to Ludwig Pran ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees * Niedersächsische Staatstheater Hannover, Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2013-2017) *

Staatstheater Braunschweig The Staatstheater Braunschweig is a theatre company and opera house in Braunschweig, Germany, presenting and producing music theatre (opera, operetta, musical), Tanztheater, theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences and concerts. The ''Staatstheate ...

, Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2013-2017) *

Oldenburgisches Staatstheater The Oldenburgisches Staatstheater (Oldenburg State Theatre) is a German theater in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. Beginnings The theatre was first opened in the times of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, on 1 February 1833. At that time it was ...

, Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2013-2017)

References

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