Renate Heinisch

Renate Charlotte Heinisch (* 15. December 1937 in Boxberg ) is a German pharmacist and former politician of the CDU .

Life

Heinisch attended elementary school in Boxberg and the Deutschorden grammar school in Bad Mergentheim , after which she studied pharmacy in Vienna and Würzburg , she also worked as an intern. At the Institute for Pharmacognosy of the University of Würzburg , she did her doctorate in biopharmacy. rer. nat. and then worked as a research assistant. She later worked at the universities in Mainz and Konstanz , at the ETH Zurich and in the pharmaceutical industry at the Mack company in Illertissen , and in 1972 she became self-employed as a pharmacist.

politics

Heinisch held various leading positions in the CDU, for example as chairman of the Boxberg city association and the women's union in Northern Württemberg and as a board member in the district and district association, from 2000 on in the federal executive committee of the senior citizens' union . In addition, she was chairman of the European Union in the Main-Tauber district and was a member of several commissions and advisory boards of the Baden-Württemberg state government.

Heinisch was elected to the European Parliament in the 1994 European elections , to which she belonged for an electoral term until 1999. During this time she was Vice-President of the Parliamentary Intergroups “Elderly People” and “Pharmaceutical Products” and a full member of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media and of the Delegations for Relations with the Countries of South America and Lithuania .

After her time in the European Parliament she went into local politics and was a member of the district council of the Main-Tauber district from 1999 to 2004. Since 2002 Heinisch has been appointed to the EESC (European Economic and Social Committee) for the BAGSO (Federal Working Group of Senior Citizens' Organizations) and was appointed by the Council of the European Union.

engagement

From 1987 to 1993 Heinisch was chairwoman of the Baden-Württemberg State Parents 'Council, after which she founded the Baden-Württemberg parents' association, which she also chaired. At the same time she was deputy chairman of the Federal Parents 'Council and belonged to the European Parents' Association and was also involved in school policy. After reunification, she helped set up parental work in Saxony . She was a member of the State Court of Baden-Württemberg and an honorary judge at the Stuttgart Administrative Court and the Heilbronn Social Court.

Honors

1990: Badge of Honor from the State of Baden-Württemberg
1993: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
2000: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
2007: Konrad Adenauer Medal from the CDU
2012: Golden needle of the European Union

Web links

Commons : Renate Heinisch - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Claus Bühnert: European cooperation. June 7, 2018, accessed October 18, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Heinisch, Renate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heinisch, Renate Charlotte (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH	December 15, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boxberg

[1] Claus Bühnert: European cooperation. June 7, 2018, accessed October 18, 2019 .