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Born on 23 April 1950 in Mainz, Germany; Roman Catholic, unmarried

1968-1971
Read mathematics, physics, political science and education
State examination

1974
Completed doctorate at the University of Mainz

1975
Awarded the international prize “Zur Pädagogik der Gegenwart” (Education of the Present) in Vienna

1982
Post-doctoral thesis in education at the University of Mainz, research postings at the universities of Cambridge and Augsburg

1982-1990
Commissioner for Women in Land Rhineland-Palatinate

Since 1985
Member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)

Since 1990
Member of the German Bundestag

1991-1993
Deputy Chair of the CDU Programme Commission and Head of the Commission Group Ecological and Social Market Economy

Since 1992
Member of the ZDF Television Council, Deputy Chair since June 2000

1994
Launched the nationwide campaign “Red Card” against violence in the media, patron of the German Kidney Patient Association

2000-2005
Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group

Until November 2001
Chair of Land Rhineland-Palatinate Women’s Union of the CDU

Since 2001
Professor at the Heidelberg College of Education

Since September 2001
Chair of the Women’s Union of the CDU

2004
Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Since November 2005
Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration

Since November 2006
Member of the Executive Committee of the CDU Germany

Since November 2008
Member of the Central Committee of German Catholics

October 2009
Confirmed in office as Minister of State