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Anja Karliczek

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Anja Karliczek
Minister of Education and Research
In office
14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byJohanna Wanka
Succeeded byBettina Stark-Watzinger
Member of theBundestag
forSteinfurt III
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 September 2013
Preceded byDieter Jasper
Personal details
Born
Anja Maria-Antonia Kerssen

(1971-04-29)29 April 1971(age 53)
Ibbenbüren,West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
SpouseLothar Karliczek
Children3
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Anja Maria-Antonia Karliczek(néeKerssen;born 29 April 1971) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union(CDU) who served asMinister of Education and ResearchinChancellorAngela Merkel'sfourth cabinetfrom 2018 to 2021.[1]

Early life and career

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Karliczek was born inIbbenbürenand grew up inTecklenburg.After an apprenticeship atDeutsche BankinOsnabrück,she moved to work in her family's hotel in 1993. While raising a family and working full-time, Karliczek studiedbusiness administrationatUniversity of Hagenfrom 2003 until 2008, with a diploma thesis analysing the fiscal advantages of transferring pension obligations from the employer’s point of view.

Political career

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Karliczek joined the CDU in 1998 and became the party's local chair in Tecklenburg in 2011.

Member of Parliament, 2013–present

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Karliczek has been a member of theBundestagsince the2013 elections,representingSteinfurt III.[2]Between 2013 and 2018, she was a member of the Finance Committee, where she served as theCDU/CSUparliamentary group’srapporteuronoccupational and fully funded pension schemesandemployee shareholding.From 2017, she also served as deputy ofMichael Grosse-Brömerin his role asFirst Secretaryof the parliamentary group. In this capacity, she was a member of the parliament’sCouncil of Elders,which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.

In addition to her committee assignments, Karliczek is a member of the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]Within theCDU/CSU,she is a member of MIT, its pro-business wing. She also belongs to the Münsterland Circle (Münsterlandrunde) which brings together all parliamentarians from the eponymous region inWestphalia;it also includesSybille BenningandJens Spahn,among others.

Since the2021 elections,Karliczek has been serving on the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection. She is also her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for tourism.[4]

In the negotiations to form acoalition governmentof the CDU andGreen PartyunderMinister-President of North Rhine-WestphaliaHendrik Wüstfollowing the2022 state elections,Karliczek led her party’s delegation in the working group on research, innovation and digitization.[5]

Federal Minister of Education and Research, 2018–2021

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In her capacity as minister, Karliczek is a member of the Joint Science Conference (GWK), a body which deals with all questions of research funding, science and research policy strategies and the science system that jointly affect Germany’s federal government and its 16 federal states.

During Karliczek’s term, the German government introduced annual incentives worth 1.25 billion euros in 2019 aimed at supporting corporate research and development and boosting investments in cutting-edge technologies.[6]In 2021, she publicly opposed proposals from the European Commission to restrict the right of scientists based in non-EU countries to collaborate in EU-funded projects on sensitive parts of the bloc’s €90 billionHorizon Europescientific co-operation programme.[7]

As a representative of the German government, Karliczek was part of the delegation accompanyingPresidentEmmanuel MacronofFranceon his state visit toChinain November 2019.[8]

Other activities

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Political positions

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In June 2017, Karliczek voted against Germany’s introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[20]In 2018, she faced criticism after she questioned Germany's decision to recognize marriage equality in a television interview.[21]

In November 2018, Karliczek successfully suggested to ease the terms of the5Gbuild-out plan for network providers, declaring "we don't need 5G internet next to every milk churn". This was supposed to allow a slower proliferation of fast mobile internet in large parts of Germany in exchange for a larger amount to be gained by the federal government from the auction offrequency bandsto operators.

Personal life

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She marriedEurowingspilot[22]Lothar Karliczek in 1995; they have three children.[23]

References

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  1. ^BMBF-Internetredaktion."Anja Karliczek – BMBF".Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF(in German). Archived fromthe originalon 15 March 2018.Retrieved14 March2018.
  2. ^"Deutscher Bundestag – Anja Karliczek".Deutscher Bundestag(in German).Retrieved14 March2018.
  3. ^Schmid, Sandra."Deutscher Bundestag – Dött: Slowenen leben den europäischen Gedanken".Deutscher Bundestag(in German).Retrieved5 September2019.
  4. ^Daniela Vates (13 December 2021),Unionsfraktion: Wenige Frauen auf herausgehobenen PostenRedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.
  5. ^Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022),Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDURheinische Post.
  6. ^Michael Nienaber (22 May 2019),Playing catch-up, Germany introduces incentives for corporate researchReuters.
  7. ^Jim Brunsden (26 April 2021),Germany resists EU move to limit UK role on R&DFinancial Times.
  8. ^Rym Momtaz (31 October 2019),Macron moves to protect EU from Trump-China alliancePolitico Europe.
  9. ^Board of TrusteesDeutsche Telekom Foundation.
  10. ^Board of TrusteesArchived8 April 2014 at theWayback MachineAlexander von Humboldt Foundation.
  11. ^Board of TrusteesArchived20 April 2018 at theWayback MachineDeutscher Zukunftspreis.
  12. ^Board of TrusteesErnst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study.
  13. ^Board of TrusteesGerman Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK).
  14. ^Board of TrusteesGerman National Association for Student Affairs.
  15. ^SenateArchived14 January 2018 at theWayback MachineHelmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
  16. ^Senate, as on 7 February 2019[permanent dead link]Leibniz Association.
  17. ^Senate, as of April 6, 2020Max Planck Society.
  18. ^Advisory BoardDeutsche Renten Information (DRI).
  19. ^Board of TrusteesTotal E-Quality.
  20. ^Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alleDie Welt,30 June 2017.
  21. ^Critics slam German education minister for questioning gay marriageDeutsche Welle,22 November 2018.
  22. ^Peter Henrichmann (17 January 2018),Bundestagsabgeordnete Anja Karliczek spricht über Sorgen um den Arbeitsplatz: „Nie nur auf ein Einkommen setzen “Westfälische Nachrichten.
  23. ^"Anja Karliczek | Persönlich".anja-karliczek.de(in German).Retrieved14 March2018.
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