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Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
Germany
Short biographic note
- 1961-1965 Studied English and history at Frankfurt University
- 1965-1974 Teacher at Friedrich Ebert School in Rüsselsheim
- 1965 Joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
- 1968-1972 Councillor in Rüsselsheim
- 1972 Member of the District Council in Gross-Gerau
- 1974-1977 Federal Chairperson of the SPD Youth Organisation "Jungsozialisten"
- 1979-1987 Member of the European Parliament: member of Committee on External Economic Relations with special focus on foreign trade, European development policy and international agreements (Lomé); and member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
- since 1987 Member of the German Bundestag (Parliament)
- 1987-1998 Spokesperson on European policy of the SPD Parliamentary Group
- 1988-1999 District Chairperson of the SPD in South Hesse
- 1993-2005 Deputy Chairperson of the SPD at federal level
- since October 1998 Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Contact
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Stresemannstr. 94
10963 Berlin
Germany
partners: 
European Commission. Directorate General Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations | Global Donor Platform for Rural Development | Department for International Development (DFID), UK | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany | Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France | Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Cooperation, The Netherlands | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany | InWEnt Capacity - Building International, Germany
Opening speech
Audio (MP3, 5.6 MB)
Audio Stream (M3U)
