Gerda Hasselfeldt
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Federal Minister of Health Germany
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In office 1991–1992 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Ursula Lehr |
| Succeeded by | Horst Seehofer |
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Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development Germany
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In office 1989–1990 |
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| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Oscar Schneider |
| Succeeded by | Irmgard Schwaetzer |
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Assumed office 1987 |
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7 July 1950 Straubing, Bavaria, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Social Union |
| Spouse(s) | Wolfgang Zeitlmann |
| Children | 2 |
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University of Regensburg Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 7 July 1950 in Straubing) is a Bavarian politician (CSU). She currently serves as deputy chairperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group and chairwoman of the Bundestag group of CSU parliamentarians.
An economist by training, Hasselfeldt first became a Member of the German Bundestag in the 1987 federal elections and was appointed Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development by then-Chancellor Helmut Kohl in a cabinet reshuffle two years later.
From 1991, Hasselfeldt served as Federal Minister for Health. She announced her resignation on April 27, 1992, saying the arrest of her close aide Reinhard Hoppe for allegedly spying for Poland had damaged her health. She was succeeded by Horst Seehofer.
Hasselfeldt was financial policy spokeswoman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group for seven years. In 2002 she became the first deputy chairwoman of the parliamentary group. During the 2005 election campaign, she took charge of agriculture, consumer protection and the environment in Angela Merkel’s nine-member shadow cabinet.
After the federal elections in 2005 and 2009, Hasselfeldt was elected Vice President of the German Bundestag. She held this office until she was elected to the head of the Bundestag group of CSU parliamentarians in 2011, succeeding Hans-Peter Friedrich. She has since led the group with her co-chair from the CDU, Volker Kauder.
In that capacity, Hasselfeldt is also a member of the parliament’s Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigning committee chairpersons based on party representation. Hasselfeldt also serves on the Committee on the Election of Judges, which is in charge of appointing judges to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Since 2014, she has been member of a parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the other Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).
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