Martina Münch
Martina Münch (born December 29, 1961 in Heidelberg ) is a German politician ( SPD ) and doctor . From 2009 to 2019 she was a member of the state government of Brandenburg (with an interruption of 2014-2016) as Minister for Science, Research and Culture.
Life and work
Münch was born in 1961 as the daughter of the Baden-Württemberg SPD politician Helmut Münch . After graduating from the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Mannheim in 1980, she studied medicine in Heidelberg, Hamburg, London and the USA until 1987. During this time she was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation . After successfully defending her dissertation on the subject of brain changes in schizophrenics, she received her doctorate. From 1988 to 1995 she worked as a doctor and research assistant at the “Rudolf Virchow” University Hospital in Berlin. In 1995 she moved with her family to Cottbus for professional reasons and initially took parental leave there. Münch is Catholic, married, has seven children and lives in Cottbus.
politics
She has been a member of the SPD since 1978. From 1998 to 2009 she was a member of the city council of Cottbus, of which she has been a member since May 2014. In the state elections in 2004 and 2009 , she won the direct mandate for the Brandenburg state parliament in the Cottbus I state constituency . From November 2004 to October 2009 she was chairwoman of the Committee for Science, Research and Culture. In 2006 she became a member of the state executive committee of the SPD Brandenburg . After the state elections in 2009, Münch became Minister for Science, Research and Culture in the cabinet led by Matthias Platzeck . After Holger Rupprecht's resignation , Münch succeeded him as Minister for Education, Youth and Sport on February 23, 2011.
In the state elections in Brandenburg in 2014 , she was unable to defend her direct mandate in Cottbus. She was no longer a minister in the Woidke II cabinet , which had been in power since November 5, 2014 . On March 7, 2016 it was announced that after Sabine Kunst's departure she would again become Minister for Science, Research and Culture, and on March 8, 2016 she was appointed Minister in the Woidke II cabinet.
In 2019 she left the state parliament. On November 20, 2019, she resigned from her ministerial office in the Woidke II cabinet . She no longer belongs to the Woidke III cabinet .
literature
- Landtag Brandenburg, 4th electoral period 2004–2009, p. 74.
Web links
- Biography page for the 7th electoral term in the Brandenburg state parliament
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Münch, Martina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and politician (SPD), MdL, state minister in Brandenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |