Valentina Kerst

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Valentina Kerst (2017)

Valentina Kerst (* 1979 in Cologne ) is a German business economist and political officer ( SPD ). Since February 20, 2018, she has been State Secretary for "Economic Policy, Economic Development, Tourism and the Digital Society" in the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society .

Life

education and profession

Kerst graduated from the Erich Gutenberg vocational college in Cologne in 1999 and completed vocational training as a clerk in the property and housing industry from 2000 to 2003 . She then worked as a sales manager at Corpus Asset Wohnen until 2006 . She then began studying business administration at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences , which she completed in 2009 with a degree in business administration with a thesis on "Content Distribution - Content (R) evolution. Possibilities and Effects of Content Distribution Modes on the Internet ”. Parallel to her studies, she worked at eco - Association of the Internet Industry in the field of business development . After completing her studies, Kerst founded a digital consultancy in 2010. In March 2013 she became a lecturer in social media and communication at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and in October 2013 lecturer in online marketing and social media at the mibeg Institute medien . From April 2016, she worked as a lecturer for online and mobile strategies at the University for Media, Communication and Business .

On February 20, 2018, the Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow appointed Kerst State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society . She took over the business areas of economic policy, economic development, tourism and the digital society and was the successor of Georg Maier , who was appointed Minister of the Interior and Local Affairs on August 30, 2017 .

Political activities

Kerst is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany . From 2009 she was the founder and head of the "Forum Netzpolitik" of the SPD subdistrict of Cologne, between 2011 and 2017 a member of the board of this subdistrict and in 2015 a member of the program advisory board of the SPD party executive committee for the SPD basic program "#Digital Leben" - subject area "Good work in the digital society ”.

Private

Kerst is married, has one daughter and speaks Croatian as well as German and English .

Memberships (selection)

  • 2010–2013: Member of the “Internet and Digital Society” study commission of the German Bundestag
  • 2011–2015: Permanent experts of the Enquete Commission “Active Citizen Participation for a Strong Democracy” of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament
  • 2012: Member of the expert group "Innovation in the digital ecosystem" of the Internet & Gesellschaft Collaboratory e. V.
  • from 2013: Head of the " State Council for Digital Development and Culture" of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • 2013–2017: Board member of the Heinz-Kühn-Bildungswerk Cologne
  • since 2014: Founder and member of the “Digital Cologne” initiative of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • since 2015: Expert resident in the “General Administration and Legal Issues / Awarding / International Affairs” committee of the City of Cologne
  • since 2015: Member of the “Consumer Policy Advisory Board” of the Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • since 2015: Member of the expert commission "Work of the Future" of the Hans Böckler Foundation
  • since 2016: Member of the "Young Digital Economy" advisory board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

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Sources and further reading

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Elmar Otto: Valentina Kerst becomes State Secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of Economics. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de. Thüringer Allgemeine , January 25, 2018, accessed on March 24, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Martin Debes: New State Secretary Valentina Kerst: The woman for the digital. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de. Thüringer Allgemeine, February 21, 2018, accessed on March 24, 2018 .
  3. ^ Forum network policy. SPD sub-district Cologne and SPD parliamentary group in the Cologne City Council, accessed on December 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Profile. In: valentina-kerst.de. Valentin Kerst, accessed March 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ DNB 1018671153
personal data
SURNAME Kerst, Valentina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German business economist and political officer (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne