Christiane Krajewski

Christiane Krajewski (born February 4, 1949 in Wuppertal ) is a former German politician ( SPD ). From 1990 to 1999 she was Minister in Saarland and from 2001 to 2002 as Senator in Berlin .

Life and work

From 1967 to 1973 Christiane Krajewski studied economics in Saarbrücken and Munich and then took up a position as a research assistant at the Office for Urban Development of the City of Saarbrücken. From 1977 to 1986 she was the head of the youth welfare office in the Saarland capital and from 1986 she was the councilor for the environment and health of the city of Saarbrücken.

politics

After the state elections in Saarland on January 28, 1990 , Krajewski was appointed Minister for Health and Social Affairs on February 21, 1990 by Prime Minister Oskar Lafontaine . After the incorporation of the Ministry of Labor and Women in her department, Krajewski officiated from February 18, 1991 as Minister for Women, Labor, Health and Social Affairs. In the following state government she moved to the Ministry of Economics and Finance on November 23, 1994 and remained in this office in the cabinet of the new Prime Minister Reinhard Klektiven from November 10, 1998. After the SPD lost its majority in the state elections on September 5, 1999 after more than 14 years, Krajewski resigned from the Saarland state government on September 29, 1999. During her tenure as minister, she chaired the supervisory board of the Saarland investment credit bank and the Saar Tourist Office.

From 1994 to 1999, Krajewski also served as Deputy Prime Minister. Since Oskar Lafontaine announced his resignation as Prime Minister on October 27, 1998 with immediate effect in order to join the Federal Government as Federal Minister of Finance , Krajewski was in charge of the office of Prime Minister of the Saarland until Reinhard Klimmt was elected as his successor on November 10, 1998.

After leaving the ministerial office, Christiane Krajewski worked as a freelance consultant until she followed the call of the Berlin SPD and was elected Senator for Finance by the Berlin House of Representatives on June 16, 2001 at the suggestion of the Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit . As a member of the red-green transitional government, she held office until January 17, 2002.

In her capacity as a member of the government in Saarland and Berlin, Krajewski was also a member of the Bundesrat : for the Saarland from February 21, 1990 to February 19, 1991 as a deputy member, then as a full member until September 29, 1999; as a full member for Berlin from June 19, 2001 to January 17, 2002. From July 4, 1991 to December 16, 1994 she was the chairman of the health committee of the Federal Council.

Others

From 2003, Krajewski was a partner at the investment bank Leonardo & Co in Frankfurt am Main . On November 15, 2014, she became the successor of Gernot Mittler as honorary president of Special Olympics Deutschland e. V. elected. Before that, she had once again entered the political stage in the 2013 Bundestag election campaign by making herself available as a member of the “competence team” of the SPD candidate for Chancellor Peer Steinbrück, who was responsible for the “economy” area .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Resolution of the Federal Council: Election of committee chairmen. (PDF; 43 kB) In: Drucksache 400/91 (decision). Federal Council, July 5, 1991, p. 3 , accessed on June 25, 2017 . 
2. ^ Christiane Krajewski elected President of Special Olympics Germany. In: press release. Special Olympics Germany e. V., November 15, 2014, accessed June 25, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Hans Monath: Steinbrück completes his competence team. In: Der Tagesspiegel. June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2017 . 

Web links

• Matthias Wulff: comrade among bosses . Article in Welt am Sunday February 5, 2006, last accessed June 25, 2017