Barbara Steffens

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Barbara Steffens at the state delegates' conference of the Greens NRW in Essen, March 2012

Barbara Steffens (born January 24, 1962 in Düsseldorf ) is a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ). She was a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2000 to 2013 and again in 2017 and 2018 . From 15 July 2010 to 30 June 2017 officiated Steffens as Minister of Health, Equalities, Care and Aging of North Rhine-Westphalia ( cabinet power I , Cabinet Kraft II ). She then moved to Techniker Krankenkasse on July 1, 2018, as head of the state representation in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Life

education

After graduating from high school in 1981, Barbara Steffens began studying art history , politics , African studies and Romance studies in Trier and Cologne, which she broke off to become a biological-technical assistant . She successfully completed her training in 1987. She then began studying chemistry in Cologne and at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, which she also completed without a degree.

Political career

Party career

Steffens has been a member of the Greens since 1989 and is a member of the district association in Mülheim an der Ruhr . From 1992 to 1994 Steffens was political director of the state association of the Greens in North Rhine-Westphalia, and from 1994 to 2000 spokeswoman for the state board. From 1998 to 2000 she was a member of the party council of the Federal Association of the Greens.

Public offices

Steffens was a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia between 2000 and 2013 . She resigned her mandate on March 15, 2013, whereupon Ali Bas succeeded .

From July 15, 2010 to June 30, 2017, Steffens was Minister for Health, Emancipation, Care and Old Age of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Cabinet Kraft I and Kraft II). Between 2017 and 2018, Steffens was again a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. She resigned her mandate on May 11, 2018. For she moved Stefan Engstfeld after.

On July 1, 2018, she switched to Techniker Krankenkasse NRW as a former minister , observing the parental leave period . There she is responsible for drafting contracts, lobbying and public relations.

In the local elections in 2009, Steffens ran for Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in her hometown of Mülheim an der Ruhr for the office of mayor. She received 7.71% of the vote.

Other engagement

Steffens is one of the twelve members of the board of trustees of the Heinz Kühn Foundation , which has set itself the goal of promoting talented young journalists.

She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the German AIDS Foundation and a member of the shareholders' meeting of the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW.

Private

Steffens has been divorced twice and is the mother of two children. Her second marriage was to the CDU politician Helmut Diegel .

Awards

  • 2015: Ring of honor of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr

Political positions

Career opportunities for women

In an interview (August 2010) Steffens said she wanted to fight for higher fees for resident doctors in North Rhine-Westphalia and to strengthen the protection of non-smokers. She also calls for a quota of women on the supervisory boards of listed companies, as women are still disadvantaged when filling senior positions, but would be better able to cope with problems such as the global financial crisis from 2007 onwards :

“Women can do it better. We just had an economic crisis. Who were the leading posts? There were a hell of a lot of men. And at this post, where a hell of a lot of men sat and drove a hell of a lot against the wall, I would have liked to see women sitting in comparison. "

Healthcare

Furthermore, Steffens advocates homeopathy . In particular, it aims to be introduced at universities. The chairman of the Liberal University Groups NRW accused the state government of having made a "decision in favor of alternative medicine and esotericism" with the appointment of Steffens, which would make "universities increasingly into places of quackery". The GWUP she chose because of their commitment to alternative medicine methods in November 2014 in the short list for the negative price Golden Brett , 2014.

Forensics

In October 2012, Barbara Steffens ordered the construction of five forensic clinics for the penal system in North Rhine-Westphalia . These are to be built close to their homes in the respective district courts of the inmates in order to achieve rapid rehabilitation of the patients. According to her statement, there is no provision for citizens to participate in the local residents of the locations she has chosen or for their fears and fears to be taken into account.

240 million euros are available for the rapid construction of the clinics. There is increasing resistance against these plans.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on the website of the state government , as of October 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Barbara Steffens resigns from the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, March 5, 2013, accessed on March 24, 2013
  3. ^ Archives of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
  4. ^ State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia: President obliges new MPs. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ WDR : Ex-Minister of Health changes to health insurance , February 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Greens nominate OB candidates - All for Barbara Steffens , WAZ from October 29, 2008
  7. ↑ a b Landtag North Rhine-Westphalia: Member of Parliament Barbara Steffens. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  8. ^ RP ONLINE: Barbara Steffens (Greens): NRW Minister: Ban smoking in shopping centers. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .
  9. ↑ "Women can do it better" , in: Focus No. 31 of August 2, 2010
  10. ^ German Central Association of Homeopathic Doctors : Interview after the opening of the German Homeopathic Congress 2011
  11. ↑ “Esotericism on the Rise at Universities” , heise.de
  12. ↑ The candidates for the "Golden Board in front of the head 2014" have been determined. In: derStandard.at. November 16, 2014, accessed December 8, 2017 .
  13. ↑ a b Report WDR October 23, 2012 ( Memento from October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ Ministerin-in-Luenen-mit-Pfeifkonzert-welcomed in the ruhrnachrichten.de live ticker from October 30, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Steffens, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf