Elke Plöger

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Elke Plöger , née Elke Schilling , (* 1944 ) is a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ). From 1994 to 1998 she was State Secretary for Women's Policy in the State of Saxony-Anhalt .

Life

Elke Plöger grew up in the German Democratic Republic and, after graduating from school, attended the Technical University of Dresden and the Humboldt University of Berlin , where she earned the title of qualified mathematician . She then worked for 22 years in various data centers in ministries, GDR companies, in the health sector and in agriculture. After the political change in the GDR, she became a self-employed insurance specialist.

In 1992 Elke Plöger went into politics at Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen . From 1994 to 1998 she was the first Green State Secretary for Women's Policy in Saxony-Anhalt.

After she did not get one of the first places on the state electoral list at the state delegates' conference of her party in Magdeburg in 1997 , she left the event. A little later she complained about her "execution by the grassroots".

After Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen left the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt in 1998, Elke Plöger lost the office of State Secretary in the state government. From then on she worked as a freelance consultant. In May 2001, Elke Plöger unsuccessfully competed as an independent mayor in Magdeburg. From 1995 to 2004 she was the East Chairwoman of the Women's Bridge East-West .

She has lived in Berlin under her maiden name Schilling since 2010 and has been the chairwoman of the Senior Citizens' Representation Center since 2011.

literature

  • Women in one world , volumes 10–11, Center for Intercultural Women’s Everyday Research and International Exchange, 1999, p. 133.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Neues Deutschland , edition of November 20, 1997
  2. FOCUS magazine, No. 17/1998
  3. Mayor election 2001 - Magdeburg, PDF , accessed on October 1, 2016
  4. Berlin Mitte, Gesundbrunnen, Moabit, Tiergarten, Wedding, Center: Senior Citizens Representation Mitte von Berlin - Members -. Retrieved February 2, 2018 .