Annette Schavan
| Annette Schavan | |
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Federal Minister of Education and Research Germany
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In office 22 November 2005 – 14 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Edelgard Bulmahn |
| Succeeded by | Johanna Wanka |
| Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg | |
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In office 19 July 1995 – 5 October 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Marianne Schultz-Hector |
| Succeeded by | Helmut Rau |
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10 June 1955 Jüchen, Germany |
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Germany
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| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
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University of Bonn University of Düsseldorf |
| Profession | Theologian |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | Annette-Schavan.de |
Annette Schavan (born 10 June 1955) ia a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Federal Minister of Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2013, when she resigned following the revocation of her doctorate due to plagiarism. She currently serves as the German ambassador to the Holy See.
Throughout her political career, Schavan was widely known to be a friend and a confidante of Merkel’s.
Schavan was born in Jüchen on 10 June 1955.
From 1995 until 2005, Schavan served as State Minister of Cultural Affairs, Youth, and Sports for the German state of Baden-Württemberg in the governments of successive minister-president Erwin Teufel and Günther Oettinger. During this time, she oversaw school education in Baden-Württemberg. One controversy that erupted during this time was when a Muslim teacher was banned from wearing a head scarf in school, as that was interpreted as a religious symbol, while at the same time allowing Catholic nuns to wear their traditional habits. The argument was that the habits of nuns and monks have an official function, while a Muslim headscarf is optional.
Schavan was regarded as a possible Christian Democratic candidate for Germany's presidency in 2004, but Horst Köhler was nominated and elected instead. In 2005, she attempted to succeed Erwin Teufel as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, but she was defeated by her rival Günther Oettinger in the internal elections of the CDU. Oettinger's referendum win – with 60.6 percent of the vote versus 39.4 percent for Schavan – was widely seen at the time as a defeat for Teufel, who had promoted Schavan as his preferred successor.
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