Kristina Schröder

Kristina Schröder

Kristina Schröder in 2009
Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
In office
30 November 2009 – 17 December 2013
Preceded by Ursula von der Leyen
Succeeded by Manuela Schwesig
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2002
Personal details
Born (1977-08-03) 3 August 1977
Wiesbaden, Germany
Nationality German
Political party Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Spouse(s) Ole Schröder (m. 2010)
Children Lotte (b. 2011)
Alma mater Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Profession Sociologist
Religion Lutheran
Website kristinaschroeder.de

Kristina Schröder (née Köhler, born 3 August 1977) is a German politician who served as the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2009 to 2013. She has served as a Member of Parliament since 2002.

Life and work

Schröder was born Kristina Köhler in Wiesbaden, Hessen. After finishing her abitur in 1997, she studied sociology, history, philosophy, and political science at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. She earned her Diplom in 2002, and her Ph.D. in 2009. Her doctoral thesis was Gerechtigkeit als Gleichheit? Eine empirische Analyse der objektiven und subjektiven Responsivität von Bundestagsabgeordneten (Engl. “Justice as equality? An empirical analysis of the objective and subjective responsivity of members of parliament”), supervised by Jürgen W. Falter. Following her appointment as government minister, her doctoral research came under close scrutiny for its heavy reliance on research assistance by her party.[1] In 2011 it was reported that an assistant of Falter had been paid by Schröder for working on the statistical data on which the thesis was based. The university's president stated there was no evidence for any wrongdoing, and that legwork undertaken by aides was scientifically legitimate and accepted practice.[2]

She had one child, born in June 2011, during her time in office.[3] She is a member of the Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church.[4]

Schröder joined the Junge Union in 1991 and has been a member of the Bundestag since 2002, affiliated with the CDU.[5] On November 30, 2009, she was appointed Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the cabinet of Angela Merkel.[6]

In April 2016, Schröder announced that she would not stand in the 2017 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[7]

Personal life

Schröder lives in Berlin with her husband Ole Schröder, a fellow member of the Bundestag.[8] Shortly after her appointment, the two announced that they were planning to get married in February 2010[9] and did so on 12 February 2010.[10] In January 2011, it was announced that Schröder was pregnant with her first child, who was born in June 2011, and that she would try not to take time off during the pregnancy.[11] She is the first German cabinet member to ever give birth to a child while in office.

Notes

  1. ↑ Neu-Ministerin Kristina Köhler – Das schwarze Netz von Frau Doktor (30 November 2009) (German)
  2. ↑ Matthias Thieme. "Umstrittene Doktorarbeit: Dr. Kristina Schröder und ihre Helfer" (in German). Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  3. ↑ "Kristina Schröder geht in den Mutterschutz". AFP. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  4. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (28 November 2009) (German)
  5. ↑ Biography at Bundestag.de (German)
  6. ↑ Spiegel.de (German)
  7. ↑ Anna Reimann (April 7, 2016), Ex-Familienministerin: Kristina Schröder zieht sich aus Bundespolitik zurück Spiegel Online.
  8. ↑ Spieker, Sandra (November 28, 2009), "Kristina Köhler (32), jung, ledig, kinderlos: Ist die neue Familienministerin dem Amt gewachsen?", Bild Zeitung.(German)
  9. ↑ "Kristina Köhler heiratet Ole Schröder im Februar", Hamburger Abendblatt, December 2, 2009.(German)
  10. ↑ "Kabinett gratuliert Familienministerin zu Hochzeit", Die Zeit, February 13, 2010.(German)
  11. ↑ "German family minister pregnant with first child", Monsters and Critics, January 19, 2011

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