Sylvia Löhrmann
| Sylvia Löhrmann | |
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 Sylvia Löhrmann | |
| Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2010 | |
| Minister of School and Further Education of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sylvia Löhrmann (born March 1, 1957, Essen, Germany) is a German politician.
Political career
A former teacher,[1] She studied German and Englisch from 1975-1981 at the university of Bochum. Löhrmann is a member of the Green Party, and since 1995 an elected member of the parliament of the German state North-Rhine Westphalia. Since July 15, 2010 she has served as Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Schools and Education in the incumbent state-government under the leadership of Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. As one of the state’s representatives at the Bundesrat, she is a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs.
On 25 March 2015, Löhrmann spoke at the memorial for 16 schoolchildren and two teachers of Joseph-König-Gymnasium who all died in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525.[2]
Other activities
- Aktive Bürgerschaft, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Central Committee of German Catholics, Member
- Deutschlandradio, Member of the Broadcasting Council
- Jugend forscht, Member of the Board of Trustees
- NRW.Bank, Member of the Guarantors' Meeting
- Stiftung Lesen, Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees
- Heinrich Heine University (HHU), Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member
References
- ↑ Jack Ewing (March 25, 2015), Grief Engulfs German Town That Lost 16 Students and 2 Teachers in Crash New York Times.
- ↑ Jack Ewing (March 25, 2015), Grief Engulfs German Town That Lost 16 Students and 2 Teachers in Crash New York Times.
External links
Media related to Sylvia Löhrmann at Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvia Löhrmann's website (German)
- Brief biography at North-Rhine Westphalia government site (German)
- The Green Party Candidates, North Rhine-Westphalia 2010 (German)