Sylvia Löhrmann

Sylvia Löhrmann
Sylvia Löhrmann
Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2010
Minister of School and Further Education of North Rhine-Westphalia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 2010
Personal details
Nationality	German
Political party	Green Party
Religion	Roman Catholic

Sylvia Löhrmann (born March 1, 1957, Essen, Germany) is a German politician.

Political career

A former teacher,^[1] Löhrmann is a member of the Green Party, and since 1995 an elected member of the parliament of the German state North-Rhine Westphalia. Since July 15, 2010 she has served as Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Schools and Education in the incumbent state-government.

On 25 March 2015, Löhrmann spoke at the memorial for 16 schoolchildren and two teachers of Joseph-König-Gymnasium who all died in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525.^[2]

Other activities

• Aktive Bürgerschaft, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Central Committee of German Catholics, Member
• Deutschlandradio, Member of the Broadcasting Council
• Jugend forscht, Member of the Board of Trustees
• NRW.Bank, Member of the Guarantors' Meeting
• Stiftung Lesen, Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees
• Heinrich Heine University (HHU), Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member

References

1. Jack Ewing (March 25, 2015), Grief Engulfs German Town That Lost 16 Students and 2 Teachers in Crash New York Times.
2. Jack Ewing (March 25, 2015), Grief Engulfs German Town That Lost 16 Students and 2 Teachers in Crash New York Times.

External links

Media related to Sylvia Löhrmann at Wikimedia Commons

• Sylvia Löhrmann's website (German)
• Brief biography at North-Rhine Westphalia government site (German)
• The Green Party Candidates, North Rhine-Westphalia 2010 (German)