Dagmar Schipanski
Dagmar Elisabeth Schipanski (née Eichhorn; 3 September 1943 – 7 September 2022) was a German physicist, academic, and politician from Thuringia. Although best known for her 1999 nomination as President of Germany by the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), Schipanski held a variety of political and academic roles during her four-decade-long career and was awarded numerous honors, most notably the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1996.
Dagmar Schipanski | |
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Schipanski at the CDU-Bundesparteitag 2008 in Stuttgart | |
President of the Landtag of Thuringia | |
In office 8 July 2004 – 28 September 2009 | |
Minister-President | Dieter Althaus |
Preceded by | Christine Lieberknecht |
Succeeded by | Birgit Diezel |
Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of Thuringia | |
In office 1 October 1999 – 8 July 2004 | |
Minister-President | |
Preceded by | Gerd Schuchardt (Science, Research and Culture) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia | |
In office 8 July 2004 – 28 September 2009 | |
Constituency | CDU List |
Personal details | |
Born | Dagmar Elisabeth Eichhorn 3 September 1943 Sättelstädt, Thuringia, Germany |
Died | 7 September 2022 79) | (aged
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
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Website | www |
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