Monika Heinold (born 30 December 1958 in
Gütersloh) is a German politician of
Alliance 90/The Greens
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and current
Schleswig-Holstein Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Finance.
Career
Heinold grew up in
Langenhorn, Hamburg, and began her professional career in
day care. She joined Alliance 90/The Greens in 1984. From 1990 to 1994 she was a member of the regional parliament in her home district of
Segeberg.
Heinold was a member of
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1996 to 2012. Throughout her time in parliament, she served on the Finance Committee, which she co-chaired from 2009 until 2012. In addition, she was a member of the Committee on the Election of Judges (1996–2000) and the Committee on Social Affairs (2000–2006).
Since the
2012 state elections, Heinold has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the cabinets of Ministers-President
Torsten Albig (2012–2017) and
Daniel Günther (since
2017
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,
Cabinet Günther) of
Schleswig-Holstein.
As one of the state's representatives at the
Bundesrat, she serves on the body's Finance Committee.
In the negotiations to form a so-called
traffic light coalition of the
Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the
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(FDP) following the
2021 national elections, Heinold was part of her party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the
national budget, co-chaired by
Doris Ahnen,
Lisa Paus
Elisabeth "Lisa" Paus (born 19 September 1968) is a German politician who has served as the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth since 25 April 2022. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens and an economist by trainin ...
and
Christian Dürr.
Heinold was a Green Party delegate to the
Federal Convention
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for the purpose of electing the
President of Germany in 2004, 2017 and
2022
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.
Following the Resignation of
Jan Philipp Albrecht
Jan Philipp Albrecht (born 20 December 1982) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens, part of The Greens-European Free Alliance. From 2018 to 2022, he has been serving as Minister for Energy, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature a ...
, Heinold additionally took on his duties as acting Minister of Energy Transition, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitalisation between 2 June and 29 June 2022.
Other activities
*
Stability Council, Ex-Officio Member
*
KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2018)
*
HSH Nordbank, Member of the Advisory Board (2004–2005)
Personal life
Heinold has two sons. In 2007, she moved from Segeberg to Kiel.
[Frank Knittermeier (13 February 2007)]
Der Liebe wegen: Monika Heinold zieht nach Kiel
'' Hamburger Abendblatt''.
External links
*
Schleswig-Holsteinischer Landtag
References
Members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Local politicians in Germany
Ministers of the Schleswig-Holstein State Government
20th-century German politicians
21st-century German politicians
20th-century German women politicians
21st-century German women politicians
Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
Politicians from Schleswig-Holstein
1958 births
People from Gütersloh
Living people
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