Christiane Wirtz

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Christiane Wirtz (2011)

Christiane Anna Maria Wirtz (born June 11, 1970 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) is a German journalist and political officer . From June 2016 to June 2019 she was State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection .

Life

After completing school and A-levels in Mülheim an der Ruhr in 1990, Wirtz began studying law at the Free University of Berlin in 1992 . She passed the second state examination in law in 2000. Between 2000 and 2003 she worked for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , most recently as a freelancer in the Berlin parliamentary editorial office . Between 2003 and 2007 she worked as deputy spokesperson in the Federal Ministry of Justice. After working as a freelance journalist in Tel Aviv for a year , she switched to Deutschlandfunk in Cologne in 2008 . From 2011 to 2013 she was the head of the domestic policy editorial team .

From January 2014 to May 2016, Wirtz was deputy spokeswoman for the federal government and thus one of two deputies for Steffen Seibert , head of the federal government's press and information office . In June 2016 she moved to the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection as a permanent state secretary. There she succeeded Stefanie Hubig , who at the same time became Minister of Education in Rhineland-Palatinate . She did not terminate her employment contract with Deutschlandfunk when she moved to the federal government, but instead let it rest and agreed on a right of return.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christine Lambrecht: Four dismissals as the first official act. In: Focus Online . June 28, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .
  2. ^ Deputy government spokeswoman : Christiane Wirtz. In: bundesregierung.de. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
  3. ^ Editorial offices - Deutschlandfunk: Background. (No longer available online.) Deutschlandfunk - " Background " editorial team , 2013, archived from the original on November 25, 2013 ; accessed on June 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Personnel rogue : Merkel spokeswoman Wirtz changes to the Ministry of Justice. In: Spiegel Online . May 12, 2016, accessed June 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Markus Brauck, Christoph Schult: Amazing career options: Government spokesman - a job with a return ticket. In: Spiegel Online . July 31, 2016, accessed June 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wirtz, Christiane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wirtz, Christiane Anna Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and State Secretary
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim an der Ruhr