Beate Baumann

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Beate Baumann (born July 28, 1963 in Osnabrück ) is the office manager of Chancellor Angela Merkel and is her closest advisor. Even before Merkel's time as head of government, she accompanied her as her office manager within the CDU .

After graduating from high school Carolinum in Osnabrück , Baumann studied English and German in Münster and Cambridge and passed her state examination in Münster in 1990.

Baumann was already involved in politics during her studies, for example on the state board of the Junge Union in Lower Saxony . On the recommendation of Christian Wulff, she worked as a consultant for Angela Merkel in the Federal Youth Ministry and joined her in 1995 as an office manager in the Federal Environment Ministry. When Merkel was elected Secretary General of the CDU in 1998, Baumann followed her to the Adenauer House and, in addition to Merkel's office, temporarily also headed the planning staff. When Merkel became chair of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag in addition to her position as party leader in 2002 , Beate Baumann accompanied her again as office manager in the Jakob-Kaiser-Haus .

After Merkel's election as Federal Chancellor, Baumann has been her office manager in the Federal Chancellery since November 22, 2005 .

Baumann was played by Tilla Kratochwil in the docudrama Hours of Decision: Angela Merkel and the Refugees and by Gisela Aderhold in the feature film Die Grittenen .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Critics: "Hours of Decision - Angela Merkel and the Refugees". September 4, 2019, accessed April 15, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Beate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, office manager of the CDU chairwoman Angela Merkel
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück