Ingrid Roitzsch

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Ingrid Roitzsch b. Höhle (born July 30, 1940 in Munich ; † January 31, 2011 ) was a German politician ( CDU ).

From 1992 to 1993 she was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense .

education and profession

After High School on modern languages Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Wiesbaden in 1961 Ingrid Roitzsch began studying law and the newspaper sciences. She also spent a year at the University of Angers / France , where she obtained the Diplom de français pratique . She then began a traineeship at the Pinneberger Tageblatt and worked there as an editor from 1971 to 1980 .

family

Ingrid Roitzsch had been married since 1963, had two children and last lived in Quickborn . Her uncle was the Deputy Inspector of the Army Lieutenant General Karl Wilhelm Thilo .

Political party

Since 1970 she was a member of the CDU. From 1971 she belonged to the CDU district executive in Pinneberg and from 1981 to the CDU state executive in Schleswig-Holstein .

MPs

From 1978 to 1980 Ingrid Roitzsch was a member of the district council of the Pinneberg district.

From 1980 to 1994 she was a member of the German Bundestag . From 1987 to 1992 she was the parliamentary manager of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group .

Roitzsch entered the Bundestag in 1980 via the Schleswig-Holstein state list and thereafter always as a directly elected member of the Pinneberg constituency . The then CDU candidate Rainer Ute Harms was unable to win against Reinhard Ueberhorst from the SPD in 1980 ; in 1982 Roitzsch was his successor as the CDU candidate for the constituency.

Public offices

She began her political career in Quickborn, where she served on the School and Culture Committee from 1971 to 1977. This was followed by a membership in the committee for economy, transport and environmental issues until October 1980.

On April 8, 1992 Roitzsch was as Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense in the by Chancellor Helmut Kohl led government appointed. On the occasion of a cabinet reshuffle, however, she left office on January 22, 1993. However , she refused to move to the Family Ministry. Ingrid Roitzsch campaigned for the abortion ban to be abolished and, at the same time, supported equal rights for women. Roitzsch also did not shy away from arguments with his own party and the church. Because of a one-sided political stance, she threatened the Evangelical Church with her exit. Ingrid Roitzsch was an avowed smoker and after her political career she worked for the cigarette industry.

swell

  • Ingrid Roitzsch (CDU) has died. Obituary in: Wedel-Schlauer Tageblatt of February 2, 2011.
  • Obituary of the city of Quickborn. In Uetersener Nachrichten of February 5, 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Roitzsch, Ingrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höhle, Ingrid (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2011
Place of death uncertain: Quickborn