Christine Bergmann

Christine Bergmann
Christine Bergmann in 2010
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
In office
27 October 1998 – 22 October 2002
ChancellorGerhard Schröder
Preceded byClaudia Nolte
Succeeded byRenate Schmidt
Mayor of Berlin (deputy to Governing Mayor)
In office
December 1990 – 26 October 1998
Preceded byIngrid Stahmer
Succeeded byAnnette Fugmann-Hessing
Berlin senator
(Portfolio: Work, Professional Training and Women)
In office
December 1990 – 26 October 1998
Preceded byAnne Klein
Succeeded byGabriele Schöttler
Personal details
Born (1939-09-07) 7 September 1939 (age 85)
Dresden, Germany
Political partySDP (1989-1990)
SPD (since 1990)
Children2 daughters
Alma mater"Karl Marx" University, Leipzig
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Christine Bergmann (born 7 September 1939) is a German politician (SPD).

She grew up in East Germany, embarking on a public political career only at the time of German reunification. During the final months of the German Democratic Republic she served as president of the East Berlin City Council [de].[1] Moving from city politics to national politics, between 1998 and 2002 she served under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as Minister for Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth.[2] More recently, in 2016 she was appointed a member of the Independent Commission for Dealing with Sexual Abuse of Children ("Unabhängige Kommission zur Aufarbeitung sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs"),[3] having served as the full-time commissioner during 2010/2011.[4]

  1. ^ Udo Kempf; Hans-Georg Merz (10 May 2008). Kanzler und Minister 1998 - 2005: Biografisches Lexikon der deutschen Bundesregierungen. Springer-Verlag. pp. 134–138. ISBN 978-3-531-90896-0.
  2. ^ Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Bergmann, Christine * 7.9.1939 Bundesministerin für Familie, Senioren, Frauen u. Jugend". Wer war wer in der DDR?. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Mitglieder der Unabhängigen Kommission zur Aufarbeitung sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs" (PDF). Unabhängiger Beauftragter für Fragen des sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ Petra Bühring (interviewer); Sabine Rieser (interviewer); Christine Bergmann (interviewee) (24 September 2010). "Interview mit Dr. Christine Bergmann, Unabhängige Beauftragte zur Aufarbeitung des sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs "Wir würden gerne die Erfahrungen der Ärzte mit einbeziehen"". Themen der Zeit. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Köln. Retrieved 4 October 2016. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)