Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka

Federal Minister of Education and Research

Resumé:

Born in Rosenfeld (Saxony), married, 2 children

1970-1974

University of Leipzig, studied mathematics

1974-1985

Academic associate at the Technical University Merseburg

1980

Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Dissertation: "Lösung von Kontakt- und Steuerproblemen mit potential-theoretischen Mitteln"

1985-1993

Senior academic associate

1993

Appointed as professor of engineering mathematics at the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

1994-1998

Vice President of Saxony-Anhalt's Rectors' Conference

1995-1998

Deputy Chair of Saxony-Anhalt's Advisory Council for Science and Research

1996-2004

Member of the Board of Trustees for the Körber Foundation Hamburg's German Study Award

1998-2000

Member of the Standing Committee for the Planning and Organization of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK)

January 1999

Member of the HRK Senate

June 1999 - October 2000

Member of Brandenburg's Higher Education Council

March 1994 - October 2000

Rector of the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

October 2000 - October 2009

Brandenburg's Minister of Science, Research and Culture

2005

President of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany (Kultusministerkonferenz)

November 2009 - April 2010

CDU Party Chair in the Brandenburg Land Parliament

April 2012 - February 2013

Lower Saxony's Minister of Science and Culture

Since 14 February 2013

Federal Minister of Education and Research

1989

Member of the citizens' movement in the former GDR
Founding member of "Neues Forum" in Merseburg

1990-1994

Member of the Kreistag Merseburg for "Neues Forum"

Since March 2001

Member of the CDU Party

March 2003 - June 2010

Member of the Land Executive Committee of the Brandenburg CDU

December 2003 - February 2011

CDU Chairperson of the Dahme-Spreewald district

January 2009 - June 2010

Chairperson of the Brandenburg CDU

January 2010 - June 2011

Deputy Chairperson of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation