Heike Raab (born 8 April 1965) is a German

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(

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), currently serving as Deputy Minister of the Interior, for Sports and Infrastructure of the state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

Early life and education

* 1984: Abitur (high school diploma), Hilda Gymnasium Koblenz (high school) * 1984 – 1987: Degree course for physical therapy,

Technical University of Aachen RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

, Germany * 1988 – 1992: University studies (M.A. degree): Political Sciences, Public Law and Spanish

Career

* 1992 – 1993: Research Assistant for the German Federal Parliament (

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) * 1993 – 1994: State Chancellery, personal assistant of the Minister-President Rudolf Scharping * 1994 – 1998: Personal assistant of the Chairman of the

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in the Deutsche Bundestag, Rudolf Scharping * 1999 – 2001: Head of Division in the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate * since 18 May 2011: Undersecretary/ Deputy Minister of the Interior, for Sports and Infrastructure As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat since 2015, Raab serves on the Committee on European Affairs. She is also a member of the German-Polish Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the

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Political positions

* 1989: Member of the Social Democratic Party * 2000: Chairwoman of the county chapter of the Social Democrats in Cochem-Zell County * 2001 – 2011: Member of Parliament, Rhineland-Palatinate * 2004: Chairwoman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group in the County Council of Cochem-Zell * 2006 – 2011: Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate

Other activities

Corporate boards

* KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)

Non-profit organizations

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

, Member of the Program Committee * ''Schüler Helfen Leben'', Member of the Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees
''Schüler Helfen Leben''.

External links

Website of Heike Raab

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raab, Heike 1965 births Living people People from Cochem Members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians