Hannelore Kraft
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Hannelore Kraft
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| Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jürgen Rüttgers |
| President of the German Bundesrat | |
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In office 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jens Böhrnsen |
| Succeeded by | Horst Seehofer |
| Chairwoman of SPD North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Assumed office 20 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jochen Dieckmann |
| Vice Chairwoman of SPD with Klaus Wowereit, Manuela Schwesig and Olaf Scholz |
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Assumed office 13 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by |
Frank-Walter Steinmeier Peer Steinbrück |
| Minister for European Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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In office 24 April 2001 – 12 November 2002 |
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| Minister for Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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In office 12 November 2002 – 31 May 2005 |
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| Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Assumed office 2 June 2000 |
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| Personal details | |
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Hannelore Külzhammer June 12, 1961 Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Comprehensive University of Duisburg |
| Religion | Lutheranism, former Roman Catholic |
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| Website | www.hannelore-kraft.de |
Hannelore Kraft (née Külzhammer; born 12 June 1961) is a German politician. She is the leader of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and the 10th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. Kraft is the first woman to fill this post since it was created in 1946. She has served on the SPD's federal executive since November 2009, and is one of the four federal deputy chairs. Between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011 she was the 65th President of the German Bundesrat, again the first woman to hold the office.
The daughter of a streetcar driver and a ticket collector, Kraft graduated in 1980, and first trained as a bank clerk with Dresdner Bank. She commenced her studies in economics at Comprehensive University of Duisburg in 1982, and studied at King's College London in 1986 and 1987. She completed her studies in Duisburg in 1989.
From 1989 until 2001, Kraft was a consultant and project manager at the ZENIT GmbH ('Centre for Innovation and Technology') in Mülheim an der Ruhr, and was head of the local European Info Centre.
In 1994, Kraft joined the SPD. She was drawn to politics after becoming head of a works council and struggling to find a place for her son in a nursery. At the North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2000, she was elected to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. Initially representing electoral district 74 (Mülheim II-Essen VII), she switched to electoral district 64 (Mülheim I) for the election in 2005.
On 24 April 2001, she replaced Detlev Samland as Minister for Federal and European Affairs, and then under Minister-President Peer Steinbrück, served from 12 November 2002 until 31 May 2005 as Minister for Science and Research.
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