Angelika Birk
Angelika Birk (born May 2, 1955 in Krefeld ) is a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ). She was a member of the Hamburg Parliament and the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament and from 1996 to 2000 Minister for Women of the State of Schleswig-Holstein . From 2010 to 2018 she was Deputy Mayor of Trier . Her department included the areas of education, social affairs, housing, youth and work.
family
Birk grew up in Krefeld together with her brother, Thomas Birk , who also became a GREEN politician at the state level.
First professional stations
After graduating from high school , Angelika Birk completed a teaching degree for the subjects German and philosophy in Düsseldorf and Heidelberg and completed her training as a teacher in 1982 with the second state examination in Hamburg. From 1985 to 1989 she worked as a research assistant on a project on behalf of the control center for gender equality in Hamburg . From 1989 to 1996 she headed the first women's office in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck .
Political activity
In 1979, Birk was one of the founding members of a district association of the Greens in Heidelberg. From 1982 to 1985 she was a member of the first Green parliamentary group in the Hamburg parliament . From April to May 1996 and from 2000 to 2005 Angelika Birk was a member of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein . Due to the failure of a renewed coalition with the SPD, due to the surprising lack of a necessary vote in the state parliament for the re-election of Prime Minister Heide Simonis , the government alliance of the SPD and the Greens could not be continued. In this way Angelika Birk did not achieve any of the four Green Landtag mandates on the 5th list of the Greens' electoral list. On May 31, 2006, she moved into the state parliament again until 2009 as a replacement for the former minister in the Simonis cabinet and retired MP Annemarie Lütkes . From 2006 to 2009 she was deputy chairman of the Green parliamentary group.
Angelika Birk is always on the national list drawn into the parliament.
Public offices
When a red-green coalition was formed in Schleswig-Holstein after the state elections in 1996 , she was appointed Minister for Women, Youth, Housing and Urban Development on May 22, 1996 to the state government led by Prime Minister Heide Simonis. After the state elections in 2000 the coalition continued, Angelika Birk resigned from office together with the chairman of the Green state parliamentary group Irene Fröhlich and the Green ministerial colleague Rainder Steenblock due to the sobering election result for the Greens after the state elections in 2000 and therefore resigned on March 28, 2000 from the state government.
On October 29, 2009, Birk was elected mayor and head of department for social affairs, youth, education and sport of the city of Trier for a period of eight years. They took office on February 15, 2010. At the end of 2017, the Trier Greens decided on another candidate as their successor in the following term of office.
Individual evidence
literature
- Ilse Lenz : The New Women's Movement in Germany. Farewell to the small difference . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-531-14729-1 .
Web links
- Angelika Birk in the State Parliament Information System Schleswig-Holstein
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Birk, Angelica |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdHB, MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld |