Christine Bergmann | |
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Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth | |
In office 27 October 1998 – 22 October 2002 | |
Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder |
Preceded by | Claudia Nolte |
Succeeded by | Renate Schmidt |
Mayor of Berlin (deputy to Governing Mayor) | |
In office December 1990 – 26 October 1998 | |
Preceded by | Ingrid Stahmer |
Succeeded by | Annette Fugmann-Hessing |
Berlin senator (Portfolio: Work, Professional Training and Women) | |
In office December 1990 – 26 October 1998 | |
Preceded by | Anne Klein |
Succeeded by | Gabriele Schöttler |
Personal details | |
Born | Dresden, Germany | 7 September 1939
Political party | SDP (1989-1990) SPD (since 1990) |
Children | 2 daughters |
Alma mater | "Karl Marx" University, Leipzig |
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 .[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]
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