Barbara Hendricks (politician)

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Barbara Hendricks (2015)

Barbara Anne Hendricks (born April 29, 1952 in Kleve ) is a German politician ( SPD ). From December 17, 2013 to March 14, 2018, she was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety in the Merkel III cabinet .

Hendricks was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance from 1998 to 2007 and Federal Treasurer of the SPD from 2007 to 2013.

education and profession

After graduating from high school in 1970 at Johanna-Sebus-Gymnasium in Kleve, Barbara Hendricks studied history and social sciences in Bonn , which she completed in 1976 with the first state examination for teaching at high schools . She then worked for the German Student Union until 1978 , then until 1981 as an advisor at the press office of the SPD parliamentary group . In 1980 she graduated as Dr. phil. with the work The margarine industry on the Lower Rhine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Until 1990 she was press spokeswoman for the finance minister of North Rhine-Westphalia . In 1991 she was appointed ministerial advisor in the Ministry for the Environment, Regional Planning and Agriculture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Hendricks is Catholic . She is a member of the Central Committee of German Catholics , where she was elected spokesperson for the subject area “Sustainable Development and Global Responsibility” on November 24, 2017, and the Board of Trustees of the Aktion Pro Humanität Foundation . She is also the patron of Amani Kinderdorf e. V .

Barbara Hendricks has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Catholic Karl-Leisner Clinic in Kleve since February 2019.

Party career

Hendricks has been a member of the SPD since 1972. From 1989 to June 2014 she was chairwoman of the SPD sub-district of Kleve. From 1990 to 2001 she was a member of the party council. From 1987 to 2001 she was a member of the state executive committee of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia, from 1996 as treasurer. From 2001 to 2013 she was a member of the SPD party executive. From October 2007 to December 2013 she was Federal Treasurer of the SPD. In this function, as general trustee for the SPD, she held 94.67% of the shares in Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (DDVG).

Barbara Hendricks and Angela Merkel signing the coalition agreement (2013)

For the 2009 Bundestag election , Hendricks was a member of the shadow cabinet of the SPD candidate for Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier , where he was responsible for consumer issues and investor protection. Hendricks was chair of the mandate review and counting commission for the SPD's member vote on the 2013 coalition agreement . After her appointment as federal minister, Hendricks resigned her office as federal treasurer. Her successor in office was Dietmar Nietan .

MPs

From 1984 to 1989 she was a member of the district council of the Kleve district .

After the federal election in 1994 , she entered the German Bundestag for the first time . From October 1995 to November 1998 she was a member of the executive committee of the SPD parliamentary group. Hendricks has always entered the Bundestag via the state list of North Rhine-Westphalia .

In the 19th German Bundestag , Hendricks is a full member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and of the Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy subcommittee.

Public offices

As Environment Minister, she took part in several international conferences, here in the picture at the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech in 2016 , most recently in Bonn in 2017 .

After the federal election in 1998 , she was appointed to the federal government led by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder on October 27, 1998 as parliamentary state secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance . Finance ministers at that time were Oskar Lafontaine (until March 1999) and Hans Eichel (April 1999 to November 2005). In this office she was also a member of the Merkel I government, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel since November 22, 2005 . Finance Minister from 2005 to 2009 was Peer Steinbrück . After she was elected federal treasurer of the SPD, she left office on November 16, 2007.

On December 17, 2013, Federal President Joachim Gauck appointed Hendricks Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety in the Merkel III cabinet . When the Merkel IV cabinet was sworn in , she left the federal government.

Controversy over the "new pawn rules"

In February 2017, Hendricks Ministry published "New Farmer Rules" on its homepage and on posters. These were sayings such as "If the pig stands on one leg, the pigsty is too small", or "If poison hits the plants, the birds stay silent too". On the part of the ministry, the campaign was intended to “draw attention to undesirable developments in agriculture and initiate a discussion about them.” This led to protests by the agricultural associations, and the poster campaign was ended by Hendricks. However, the minister also received support. The FAZ wrote, "the outcry knew no measure in style and content". The farmers' associations have no ideas how to deal with industrialization in agriculture : Species shrinkage, farm deaths and a perverse animal breeding industry are a fact. The reaction is comfortable, but irresponsible.

Private

In addition to Berlin , Barbara Hendricks temporarily lives in her house in her hometown of Kleve . At the end of December 2013, she made the relationship with her life partner public, with whom she had been in a registered partnership since October 22, 2010 . On June 30, 2017, she said that she wanted to marry her partner, which was made possible by the law on same-sex marriage passed on that day . Hendricks and her partner Valérie Vauzanges married on October 30, 2017.

Awards

Cabinets

literature

Web links

Commons : Barbara Hendricks (politician)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hanna Gersmann : New Environment Minister Hendricks - No frills to power . the daily newspaper . December 15, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  2. ^ Minister Hendricks: The woman who is called "Burning Barbara" in the CDU . The world . December 15, 2013. Accessed September 2014.
  3. ↑ Barbara Anne Hendricks from Kleve: The margarine industry on the Lower Rhine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn, Bonn 1981, day of the oral examination: April 30, 1980, speaker: Hans Pohl, co-speaker: Gerhard Adelmann
  4. ↑ zdk .de: ZdK President Alois Glück congratulates Angela Merkel on her re-election on December 17, 2013. Accessed on January 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ zdk.de: ZdK elections: Spokespersons for the subject areas 1181D , accessed on November 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ rp-online .de: Hopeful visit from November 10, 2008. Retrieved on January 1, 2014.
  7. ^ Patroness of Amani Kinderdorf eV becomes minister , accessed on January 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ Greeting (accessed on March 7, 2018)
  9. ↑ Website ddvg
  10. ↑ Spiegel.de: SPD competence team: Steinmeier goes into the election campaign without stars , July 30, 2009
  11. ^ Vote on coalition agreement: What you should know about the SPD membership vote , Spiegel Online from December 12, 2013
  12. ^ German Bundestag - Biographies. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
  13. ↑ rp-online.de March 8, 2018
  14. ↑ New Farmer Rules ( Memento of February 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) - notification on the Ministry's homepage of February 9, 2017, accessed on February 13, 2017
  15. ↑ Farmer's rules Federal Environment Minister Hendricks faced the protest rundschau-online.de of February 10, 2017 in Kerpen , accessed on February 11, 2017
  16. ^ FAZ, Die Schuld vom Lande , February 8, 2017
  17. ↑ rp-online .de: Minister Hendricks lives in the shadow of the castle from December 31, 2013
  18. ↑ Barbara Hendricks celebrated with partner on January 2, 2014. Accessed January 2, 2014.
  19. ↑ l-mag .de: The Environment Minister's important coming-out from January 1, 2014. Accessed January 2, 2014.
  20. ^ Environment Minister Hendricks has been a partner for five years. In: www.queer.de. Retrieved on February 5, 2016 (German).
  21. ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE: Marriage for everyone: Minister Hendricks wants to propose to her partner - SPIEGEL ONLINE - politics. Retrieved June 30, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Welt.de October 31, 2017: Barbara Hendricks marries French partner .
  23. ↑ www.foes.de: Adam Smith Prize for market-based environmental policy
  24. ↑ Ministerialblatt of December 28, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Hendricks, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hendricks, Barbara Anne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleve