Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia ; - MKW NRW -
State level	North Rhine-Westphalia
position	Supreme state authority
founding	1970 (as Ministry for Science and Research North Rhine-Westphalia)
Headquarters	Dusseldorf
Authority management	Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen , Minister for Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
Web presence	http://www.mkw.nrw

Minister Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen

The Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (abbreviation: MKW NRW ) is one of twelve ministries in the state administration of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . It was built in its current form in June 2017 (originally founded in 1970).

Headquarters and management

The ministry is based in Düsseldorf , Völklinger Strasse 49.

Minister Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen ( independent ) has been the head of the ministry in the Laschet cabinet since June 30, 2017 . In her division, Klaus Kaiser works as parliamentary state secretary, in particular for the field of political education and further training, and Annette Storsberg as permanent state secretary.

tasks

The core mission is to strengthen North Rhine-Westphalia as a cultural and university location.

Business area

The Ministry is responsible for

the cultural policy and promotion,
the universities and (technical) colleges ,
the art and music colleges ,
the university clinics ,
non-university research institutions,
the political education and
the continuing education

In North Rhine-Westphalia.

history

The ministry was created in 1970. Between 1998 and 2002 it was combined with what is now the Ministry of Education and Training .

Minister since 1970

No.	Surname	Life dates	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Cabinet (s)
Minister for Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
1	Johannes Rau	1931-2006	SPD	July 28, 1970	20th September 1978	Kühn II Kühn III
2	Reimut Jochimsen	1933-1999	SPD	20th September 1978	4th June 1980	Rough I
3	Hans Schwier	1926-1996	SPD	4th June 1980	October 25, 1983	Rau II
4th	Rolf Krumsiek	1934-2009	SPD	October 25, 1983	5th June 1985	Rau II
5	Anke Brunn	* 1942	SPD	5th June 1985	June 9, 1998	Rau III Rau IV Rau V
Minister for Schools and Further Education, Science and Research for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
6th	Gabriele Behler	* 1951	SPD	June 9, 1998	June 27, 2000	Clement I
Minister for School, Science and Research for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
6th	Gabriele Behler	* 1951	SPD	June 27, 2000	November 12, 2002	Clement II
Minister for Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
7th	Hannelore Kraft	* 1961	SPD	November 12, 2002	June 24, 2005	Steinbrück
Minister for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
8th	Andreas Pinkwart	* 1960	FDP	June 24, 2005	July 15, 2010	Rüttgers
Minister for Innovation, Science and Research for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
9	Svenja Schulze	* 1968	SPD	July 15, 2010	June 30, 2017	Force I Force II
Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
10	Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen	* 1954	non-party (on CDU proposal)	June 30, 2017	officiating	Lash