Rita Süssmuth

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Rita Süssmuth
Rita Süssmuth (CDU), president of the German Bundestag 1988-1998
Born	(1937-02-17) 17 February 1937 Wuppertal
Nationality	Germany
Known for	Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth 1985–1988 President of the Bundestag 1988–1998

Rita Süssmuth (born 17 February 1937) is a German politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

From 1985 to 1988, Süssmuth was Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth under Chancellor Helmut Kohl. She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1987 to 2002. After the resignation of Philipp Jenninger in 1988 she became President of the Bundestag. She held the post until 1998, when the SPD became the strongest group in parliament.

From 1986 to 2001, Süssmuth was president of the Frauenunion (the organization of the female members of the CDU) and therefore had a strong influence in her party.

Süssmuth graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Münster in 1964. From 1966 until 1982, she was a faculty member in education at University of Dortmund, Ruhr University, and their predecessor institutions. Since 2005, she has been president of the OTA Hochschule, a private university in Berlin. In 2006 she was awarded the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal for Sexual Reform for her courageous and far-sighted HIV/AIDS politics whilst federal minister. In addition, she currently sits on the Advisory Board for the German Foundation for World Population. She is also Member of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation established in 2008 to monitor tolerance in Europe and prepare recommendations to European governments and IGOs on fighting xenophobia and anti-semitism.

Selected works

Bildung als globale Herausforderung. Zwei Statements – ein Gespräch with Hermann Glaser, in: Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (ed.): Kultur und Gerechtigkeit (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 2), Baden-Baden 2007, ISBN 978-3-8329-2604-5

Sources

Michael F. Feldkamp (ed.), Der Bundestagspräsident. Amt - Funktion - Person. 16. Wahlperiode, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-7892-8201-0

External links

Media related to Rita Süssmuth at Wikimedia Commons
Official biography at Bundestag.de (German, from 2002)
Interview “Education is a human right” by ERSTE Stiftung (2011)

Political offices
Preceded by Heiner Geißler	Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth 1985–1988	Succeeded by Ursula Lehr

v t e Presidents of the Bundestag

Erich Köhler Hermann Ehlers Eugen Gerstenmaier Kai-Uwe von Hassel Annemarie Renger Karl Carstens Richard Stücklen Rainer Barzel Philipp Jenninger Rita Süssmuth Wolfgang Thierse Norbert Lammert

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 42638293 LCCN: n83013115 ISNI: 0000 0001 2066 2077 GND: 118992872 SUDOC: 05916140X

Persondata
Name	Süssmuth, Rita
Alternative names
Short description	German politician
Date of birth	17 February 1937
Place of birth	Wuppertal
Date of death
Place of death

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