Ursula "Ulla" Burchardt (born 22 April 1954 in

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

) is a German

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and member of the SPD.

Political career

Burchardt was first elected to the German

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in the 1994 elections. Throughout her time in parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology; from 2009, she served as the committee's chairwoman. In addition to her committee assignments, Burchardt also served as chairwoman of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2003 until 2013. She did not run for re-election in the 2013 elections

Other activities

* Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Member of the Board of Trustees * German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), Member (since 2016, appointed ad personam by

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Angela Merkel) *

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology (german: Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie) is located in Dortmund, next to the Dortmund University of Technology. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Ges ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees * Technical University of Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2016)Board of Trustees
Technical University of Berlin. * German National Association for Student Affairs, Member of the Board of Trustees (2009-2013) * Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Member of the Board of Trustees (2002-2013)

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* 1954 births Living people Politicians from Dortmund Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Female members of the Bundestag Ruhr University Bochum alumni 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany 20th-century German women {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub