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|name = Anja Karliczek
|name = Anja Karliczek
|image = Karliczek, Anja-1612.jpg
|image = Karliczek, Anja-1612.jpg
|office = [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Minister of Education and Research]]
|office = [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Minister of Education and Research]]
|chancellor = [[Angela Merkel]]
|chancellor = [[Angela Merkel]]
|term_start = 14 March 2018
|term_start = 14 March 2018
|term_end =
|term_end = 8 December 2021
|predecessor = [[Johanna Wanka]]
|predecessor = [[Johanna Wanka]]
|successor =
|successor = [[Bettina Stark-Watzinger]]
|office2 = Member of the [[Bundestag]] <br /> for [[Steinfurt III]]
|office2 = Member of the [[Bundestag]] <br> for [[Steinfurt III]]
|term_start2 = 22 September 2013
|term_start2 = 22 September 2013
|term_end2 =
|term_end2 =
|predecessor2 = Dieter Jasper
|predecessor2 = Dieter Jasper
|successor2 =
|successor2 =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|29|df=y}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|4|29|df=y}}
|birth_name = Anja Maria-Antonia Kerssen
|birth_place = [[Ibbenbüren]], [[West Germany]]<br />{{small|(now Germany)}}
|birth_place = [[Ibbenbüren]], [[West Germany]]<br />{{small|(now Germany)}}
|death_date =
|death_place =
|death_date =
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|party = [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|party = [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|spouse = Lothar Karliczek
|children = 3
|spouse = Lothar Karliczek
|alma_mater =
|children = 3
|alma_mater =
|signature = Anja Karliczek Signature.svg
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'''Anja Karliczek''' ({{née}} '''Kerssen''', born 29 April 1971) is a [[Germany|German]] politician of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]. She has been [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Minister of Education and Research]] in [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]]'s [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|fourth cabinet]] since 14 March 2018.<ref name="bmbf">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bmbf.de/de/anja-karliczek-5817.html |title=Anja Karliczek - BMBF |last=BMBF-Internetredaktion |website=Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF |language=de |access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref>
'''Anja Maria-Antonia Karliczek''' (''{{née}}'' '''Kerssen'''; born 29 April 1971) is a German politician of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) who served as [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)|Minister of Education and Research]] in [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]]'s [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|fourth cabinet]] from 2018 to 2021.<ref name="bmbf">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bmbf.de/de/anja-karliczek-5817.html |title=Anja Karliczek – BMBF |last=BMBF-Internetredaktion |website=Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF |language=de |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315134218/https://www.bmbf.de/de/anja-karliczek-5817.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==
Anja Karliczek was born in [[Ibbenbüren]] and grew up in [[Tecklenburg]]. After an apprenticeship at [[Deutsche Bank]] in [[Osnabrück]], she moved to work in her family's hotel in 1993. While raising a family and working full-time, Karliczek studied [[business administration]] at [[University of Hagen]] from 2003 until 2008, with a diploma thesis analysing the fiscal advantages of transferring pension obligations from the employer’s point of view.
Karliczek was born in [[Ibbenbüren]] and grew up in [[Tecklenburg]]. After an apprenticeship at [[Deutsche Bank]] in [[Osnabrück]], she moved to work in her family's hotel in 1993. While raising a family and working full-time, Karliczek studied [[business administration]] at [[University of Hagen]] from 2003 until 2008, with a diploma thesis analysing the fiscal advantages of transferring pension obligations from the employer’s point of view.


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
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===Member of Parliament, 2013–present===
===Member of Parliament, 2013–present===
Karliczek has been a member of the [[Bundestag (Germany)|Bundestag]] since the [[2013 German federal election|2013 elections]], representing [[Steinfurt III]].<ref name="bundestag">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/karliczek_anja/520850 |title=Deutscher Bundestag - Anja Karliczek |website=Deutscher Bundestag |language=de |access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref> Between 2013 and 2018, she was a member of the Finance Committee, where she served as the [[CDU/CSU]] parliamentary group's [[rapporteur]] on [[Pensions in Germany|occupational and fully funded pension schemes]] and [[Employee stock ownership plan|employee shareholding]]. From 2017, she also served as deputy of [[Michael Grosse-Brömer]] in his role as [[chief whip|First Secretary]] of the parliamentary group. In this capacity, she was a member of the parliament’s [[Council of Elders of the Bundestag (Germany)|Council of Elders]], which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.
Karliczek has been a member of the [[Bundestag (Germany)|Bundestag]] since the [[2013 German federal election|2013 elections]], representing [[Steinfurt III]].<ref name="bundestag">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/karliczek_anja/520850 |title=Deutscher Bundestag – Anja Karliczek |website=Deutscher Bundestag |language=de |access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref> Between 2013 and 2018, she was a member of the Finance Committee, where she served as the [[CDU/CSU]] parliamentary group’s [[rapporteur]] on [[Pensions in Germany|occupational and fully funded pension schemes]] and [[Employee stock ownership plan|employee shareholding]]. From 2017, she also served as deputy of [[Michael Grosse-Brömer]] in his role as [[chief whip|First Secretary]] of the parliamentary group. In this capacity, she was a member of the parliament’s [[Council of Elders of the Bundestag (Germany)|Council of Elders]], which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.


In addition to her committee assignments, Karliczek is a member of the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Group.<ref name="slow">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2016/kw01-parlamentariergruppe-slowenien-400036 |title=Deutscher Bundestag - Dött: Slowenen leben den europäischen Gedanken |last=Schmid |first=Sandra |website=Deutscher Bundestag |language=de |access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref> Within the [[CDU/CSU]], she is a member of MIT, its pro-business wing. She also belongs to the Münsterland Circle (''Münsterlandrunde'') which brings together all parliamentarians from the eponymous region in [[Westphalia]]; it also includes [[Sybille Benning]] and [[Jens Spahn]], among others.
In addition to her committee assignments, Karliczek is a member of the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Friendship Group.<ref name="slow">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2016/kw01-parlamentariergruppe-slowenien-400036 |title=Deutscher Bundestag – Dött: Slowenen leben den europäischen Gedanken |last=Schmid |first=Sandra |website=Deutscher Bundestag |language=de |access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref> Within the [[CDU/CSU]], she is a member of MIT, its pro-business wing. She also belongs to the Münsterland Circle (''Münsterlandrunde'') which brings together all parliamentarians from the eponymous region in [[Westphalia]]; it also includes [[Sybille Benning]] and [[Jens Spahn]], among others.


Since the [[2021 German federal election|2021 elections]], Karliczek has been serving on the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection. She is also her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for tourism.<ref>Daniela Vates (13 December 2021), [https://www.rnd.de/politik/union-in-der-opposition-wenige-frauen-auf-herausgehobenen-posten-spahn-wechselt-fachgebiet-YNADMJMASRBMBO6LR7ZTUPMTB4.html Unionsfraktion: Wenige Frauen auf herausgehobenen Posten] ''[[RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland]]''.</ref>
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===Federal Minister of Education and Research, 2018–present===

In the negotiations to form a [[coalition government]] of the CDU and [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green Party]] under [[Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia]] [[Hendrik Wüst]] following the [[2022 North Rhine-Westphalia state election|2022 state elections]], Karliczek led her party’s delegation in the working group on research, innovation and digitization.<ref>Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), [https://rp-online.de/nrw/landespolitik/nrw-koalition-von-cdu-und-gruenen-diese-politiker-verhandeln_aid-70580513 Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU] ''[[Rheinische Post]]''.</ref>

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===Federal Minister of Education and Research, 2018–2021===
In her capacity as minister, Karliczek is a member of the Joint Science Conference (GWK), a body which deals with all questions of research funding, science and research policy strategies and the science system that jointly affect Germany’s federal government and its 16 federal states.
In her capacity as minister, Karliczek is a member of the Joint Science Conference (GWK), a body which deals with all questions of research funding, science and research policy strategies and the science system that jointly affect Germany’s federal government and its 16 federal states.


During Karliczek's term, the German government introduced annual incentives worth 1.25 billion euros in 2019 aimed at supporting corporate research and development and boosting investments in cutting-edge technologies.<ref>Michael Nienaber (May 22, 2019), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-innovation/playing-catch-up-germany-introduces-incentives-for-corporate-research-idUSKCN1SS0VS Playing catch-up, Germany introduces incentives for corporate research]&nbsp;''[[Reuters]]''.</ref> As a representative of the German government, she was part of the delegation accompanying [[President of France|President]]&nbsp;[[Emmanuel Macron]] of [[France]] on his state visit to [[China]]&nbsp;in November 2019.<ref>Rym Momtaz (October 31, 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/article/protect-eu-from-trump-china-alliance-emmanuel-macron/ Macron moves to protect EU from Trump-China alliance] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>
During Karliczek’s term, the German government introduced annual incentives worth 1.25 billion euros in 2019 aimed at supporting corporate research and development and boosting investments in cutting-edge technologies.<ref>Michael Nienaber (22 May 2019), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-innovation/playing-catch-up-germany-introduces-incentives-for-corporate-research-idUSKCN1SS0VS Playing catch-up, Germany introduces incentives for corporate research]&nbsp;''[[Reuters]]''.</ref> In 2021, she publicly opposed proposals from the European Commission to restrict the right of scientists based in non-EU countries to collaborate in EU-funded projects on sensitive parts of the bloc’s €90 billion [[Horizon Europe]] scientific co-operation programme.<ref>Jim Brunsden (26 April 2021), [https://www.ft.com/content/39671abf-2868-4a59-a598-7c4a7a431363 Germany resists EU move to limit UK role on R&D] ''[[Financial Times]]''.</ref>
As a representative of the German government, Karliczek was part of the delegation accompanying [[President of France|President]]&nbsp;[[Emmanuel Macron]] of [[France]] on his state visit to [[China]]&nbsp;in November 2019.<ref>Rym Momtaz (31 October 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/article/protect-eu-from-trump-china-alliance-emmanuel-macron/ Macron moves to protect EU from Trump-China alliance] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>


==Other activities==
==Other activities==
* Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)<ref>[https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/board-of-trustees.html Board of Trustees] Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.</ref>
* [[Deutsche Telekom|Deutsche Telekom Foundation]], Member of the Board of Trustees<ref>[https://www.telekom-stiftung.de/en/foundation/contact-persons Board of Trustees] [[Deutsche Telekom|Deutsche Telekom Foundation]].</ref>
* Deutscher Zukunftspreis, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)<ref>[http://www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de/en/the-prize/board-trustees Board of Trustees] Deutscher Zukunftspreis.</ref>
* Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2021)<ref>[https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/board-of-trustees.html Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408035115/http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/board-of-trustees.html |date=8 April 2014 }} Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.</ref>
* Ernst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study, Ex-Officio Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees<ref>[https://www.wiko-berlin.de/en/institute/committees/board-of-trustees/ Board of Trustees] Ernst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study.</ref>
* Deutscher Zukunftspreis, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2021)<ref>[http://www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de/en/the-prize/board-trustees Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420135902/http://www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de/en/the-prize/board-trustees |date=20 April 2018 }} Deutscher Zukunftspreis.</ref>
* German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)<ref>[http://www.kriminalpraevention.de/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees] German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK).</ref>
* Ernst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study, Ex-Officio Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees (2018–2021)<ref>[https://www.wiko-berlin.de/en/institute/committees/board-of-trustees/ Board of Trustees] Ernst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study.</ref>
* [[Studentenwerk|German National Association for Student Affairs]], Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)<ref>[https://www.studentenwerke.de/en/content/board-trustees-deutsches-studentenwerk Board of Trustees] [[Studentenwerk|German National Association for Student Affairs]].</ref>
* German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2021)<ref>[http://www.kriminalpraevention.de/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees] German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK).</ref>
* [[Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres]], Ex-Officio Member of the Senate (since 2018)<ref>[https://www.helmholtz.de/ueber_uns/die_gemeinschaft/satzung_und_governance/senat_und_senatskommission/senatsmitglieder/ Senate] [[Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres]].</ref>
* [[Studentenwerk|German National Association for Student Affairs]], Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2021)<ref>[https://www.studentenwerke.de/en/content/board-trustees-deutsches-studentenwerk Board of Trustees] [[Studentenwerk|German National Association for Student Affairs]].</ref>
* [[Leibniz Association]], Ex-Officio Member of the Senate (since 2018)<ref>[https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/Evaluierung/Senat-Mitglieder%C3%BCbersicht-Stand_Februar_2019.pdf Senate, as on 7 February 2019] [[Leibniz Association]].</ref>
* [[Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres]], Ex-Officio Member of the Senate (2018–2021)<ref>[https://www.helmholtz.de/ueber_uns/die_gemeinschaft/satzung_und_governance/senat_und_senatskommission/senatsmitglieder/ Senate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114073736/https://www.helmholtz.de/ueber_uns/die_gemeinschaft/satzung_und_governance/senat_und_senatskommission/senatsmitglieder/ |date=14 January 2018 }} [[Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres]].</ref>
* [[Leibniz Association]], Ex-Officio Member of the Senate (2018–2021)<ref>[https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/Evaluierung/Senat-Mitglieder%C3%BCbersicht-Stand_Februar_2019.pdf Senate, as on 7 February 2019]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Leibniz Association]].</ref>
* [[Max Planck Society]], Member of the Senate (2018–2021)<ref>[https://www.mpg.de/11981554/MPG-Senat.pdf Senate, as of April 6, 2020] [[Max Planck Society]].</ref>
* Deutsche Renten Information (DRI), Member of the Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.deutsche-renten.info/vorstand-und-beirat/ Advisory Board] Deutsche Renten Information (DRI).</ref>
* [[Rotary International]], Member
* [[Rotary International]], Member
* ''Total E-Quality'' initiative, Member of the Board of Trustees<ref>[https://www.total-e-quality.de/der-verein/kuratorium/ Board of Trustees] Total E-Quality.</ref>
* ''Total E-Quality'' initiative, Member of the Board of Trustees<ref>[https://www.total-e-quality.de/der-verein/kuratorium/ Board of Trustees] Total E-Quality.</ref>


== Political positions ==
== Political positions ==
In June 2017, Karliczek voted against Germany’s introduction of [[Same-sex marriage in Germany|same-sex marriage]].<ref>[https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle] ''[[Die Welt]]'', June 30, 2017.</ref> In 2018, she faced criticism after she questioned Germany's decision to recognize marriage equality in a television interview.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/critics-slam-german-education-minister-for-questioning-gay-marriage/a-46401515 Critics slam German education minister for questioning gay marriage]&nbsp;''[[Deutsche Welle]]'', November 22, 2018.</ref>
In June 2017, Karliczek voted against Germany’s introduction of [[Same-sex marriage in Germany|same-sex marriage]].<ref>[https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article166099805/Diese-Unionsabgeordneten-stimmten-fuer-die-Ehe-fuer-alle.html Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle] ''[[Die Welt]]'', 30 June 2017.</ref> In 2018, she faced criticism after she questioned Germany's decision to recognize marriage equality in a television interview.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/critics-slam-german-education-minister-for-questioning-gay-marriage/a-46401515 Critics slam German education minister for questioning gay marriage]&nbsp;''[[Deutsche Welle]]'', 22 November 2018.</ref>


In November 2018, Karliczek successfully suggested to ease the terms of the 5G build-out plan for network providers, declaring "we don't need 5G internet next to every milk churn". This was supposed to allow a slower proliferation of fast mobile internet in large parts of Germany in exchange for a larger amount to be gained by the federal government from the auction of frequency bands to operators.
In November 2018, Karliczek successfully suggested to ease the terms of the [[5G]] build-out plan for network providers, declaring "we don't need 5G internet next to every milk churn". This was supposed to allow a slower proliferation of fast mobile internet in large parts of Germany in exchange for a larger amount to be gained by the federal government from the auction of [[frequency band]]s to operators.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
She married [[Eurowings]] pilot<ref>Peter Henrichmann (January 17, 2018), [http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Steinfurt/Westerkappeln/3130894-Bundestagsabgeordnete-Anja-Karliczek-spricht-ueber-Sorgen-um-den-Arbeitsplatz-Nie-nur-auf-ein-Einkommen-setzen Bundestagsabgeordnete Anja Karliczek spricht über Sorgen um den Arbeitsplatz: „Nie nur auf ein Einkommen setzen“] ''Westfälische Nachrichten''.</ref> Lothar Karliczek in 1995; they have three children.<ref name="karliczekhp">{{Cite web |url=http://anja-karliczek.de/privat/ |title=Anja Karliczek {{!}} Persönlich |website=anja-karliczek.de |language=de-DE |access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref>
She married [[Eurowings]] pilot<ref>Peter Henrichmann (17 January 2018), [http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Steinfurt/Westerkappeln/3130894-Bundestagsabgeordnete-Anja-Karliczek-spricht-ueber-Sorgen-um-den-Arbeitsplatz-Nie-nur-auf-ein-Einkommen-setzen Bundestagsabgeordnete Anja Karliczek spricht über Sorgen um den Arbeitsplatz: „Nie nur auf ein Einkommen setzen“] ''Westfälische Nachrichten''.</ref> Lothar Karliczek in 1995; they have three children.<ref name="karliczekhp">{{Cite web |url=http://anja-karliczek.de/privat/ |title=Anja Karliczek {{!}} Persönlich |website=anja-karliczek.de |language=de-DE |access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
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Anja Karliczek
Minister of Education and Research
In office
14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byJohanna Wanka
Succeeded byBettina Stark-Watzinger
Member of the Bundestag
for Steinfurt III
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 September 2013
Preceded byDieter Jasper
Personal details
Born
Anja Maria-Antonia Kerssen

(1971-04-29) 29 April 1971 (age 53)
Ibbenbüren, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
SpouseLothar Karliczek
Children3
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Anja Maria-Antonia Karliczek (née Kerssen; born 29 April 1971) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister of Education and Research in Chancellor Angela Merkel's fourth cabinet from 2018 to 2021.[1]

Early life and career

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Karliczek was born in Ibbenbüren and grew up in Tecklenburg. After an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank in Osnabrück, she moved to work in her family's hotel in 1993. While raising a family and working full-time, Karliczek studied business administration at University of Hagen from 2003 until 2008, with a diploma thesis analysing the fiscal advantages of transferring pension obligations from the employer’s point of view.

Political career

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Karliczek joined the CDU in 1998 and became the party's local chair in Tecklenburg in 2011.

Member of Parliament, 2013–present

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Karliczek has been a member of the Bundestag since the 2013 elections, representing Steinfurt III.[2] Between 2013 and 2018, she was a member of the Finance Committee, where she served as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s rapporteur on occupational and fully funded pension schemes and employee shareholding. From 2017, she also served as deputy of Michael Grosse-Brömer in his role as First Secretary of the parliamentary group. In this capacity, she was a member of the parliament’s Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.

In addition to her committee assignments, Karliczek is a member of the German-Slovenian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3] Within the CDU/CSU, she is a member of MIT, its pro-business wing. She also belongs to the Münsterland Circle (Münsterlandrunde) which brings together all parliamentarians from the eponymous region in Westphalia; it also includes Sybille Benning and Jens Spahn, among others.

Since the 2021 elections, Karliczek has been serving on the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection. She is also her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for tourism.[4]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the CDU and Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Karliczek led her party’s delegation in the working group on research, innovation and digitization.[5]

Federal Minister of Education and Research, 2018–2021

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In her capacity as minister, Karliczek is a member of the Joint Science Conference (GWK), a body which deals with all questions of research funding, science and research policy strategies and the science system that jointly affect Germany’s federal government and its 16 federal states.

During Karliczek’s term, the German government introduced annual incentives worth 1.25 billion euros in 2019 aimed at supporting corporate research and development and boosting investments in cutting-edge technologies.[6] In 2021, she publicly opposed proposals from the European Commission to restrict the right of scientists based in non-EU countries to collaborate in EU-funded projects on sensitive parts of the bloc’s €90 billion Horizon Europe scientific co-operation programme.[7]

As a representative of the German government, Karliczek was part of the delegation accompanying President Emmanuel Macron of France on his state visit to China in November 2019.[8]

Other activities

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Political positions

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In June 2017, Karliczek voted against Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.[20] In 2018, she faced criticism after she questioned Germany's decision to recognize marriage equality in a television interview.[21]

In November 2018, Karliczek successfully suggested to ease the terms of the 5G build-out plan for network providers, declaring "we don't need 5G internet next to every milk churn". This was supposed to allow a slower proliferation of fast mobile internet in large parts of Germany in exchange for a larger amount to be gained by the federal government from the auction of frequency bands to operators.

Personal life

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She married Eurowings pilot[22] Lothar Karliczek in 1995; they have three children.[23]

References

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  1. ^ BMBF-Internetredaktion. "Anja Karliczek – BMBF". Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF (in German). Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag – Anja Karliczek". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. ^ Schmid, Sandra. "Deutscher Bundestag – Dött: Slowenen leben den europäischen Gedanken". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ Daniela Vates (13 December 2021), Unionsfraktion: Wenige Frauen auf herausgehobenen Posten RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.
  5. ^ Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU Rheinische Post.
  6. ^ Michael Nienaber (22 May 2019), Playing catch-up, Germany introduces incentives for corporate research Reuters.
  7. ^ Jim Brunsden (26 April 2021), Germany resists EU move to limit UK role on R&D Financial Times.
  8. ^ Rym Momtaz (31 October 2019), Macron moves to protect EU from Trump-China alliance Politico Europe.
  9. ^ Board of Trustees Deutsche Telekom Foundation.
  10. ^ Board of Trustees Archived 8 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
  11. ^ Board of Trustees Archived 20 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine Deutscher Zukunftspreis.
  12. ^ Board of Trustees Ernst Reuter Foundation for Advanced Study.
  13. ^ Board of Trustees German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK).
  14. ^ Board of Trustees German National Association for Student Affairs.
  15. ^ Senate Archived 14 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
  16. ^ Senate, as on 7 February 2019[permanent dead link‍] Leibniz Association.
  17. ^ Senate, as of April 6, 2020 Max Planck Society.
  18. ^ Advisory Board Deutsche Renten Information (DRI).
  19. ^ Board of Trustees Total E-Quality.
  20. ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, 30 June 2017.
  21. ^ Critics slam German education minister for questioning gay marriage Deutsche Welle, 22 November 2018.
  22. ^ Peter Henrichmann (17 January 2018), Bundestagsabgeordnete Anja Karliczek spricht über Sorgen um den Arbeitsplatz: „Nie nur auf ein Einkommen setzen“ Westfälische Nachrichten.
  23. ^ "Anja Karliczek | Persönlich". anja-karliczek.de (in German). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Education and Research
2018–2021 		Succeeded by
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