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Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen

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Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, 2010

Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen (born 25 April 1954, in Aachen) is a German politician, lawyer and administrative officer.[1] who served as State Minister of Culture and Science[2] in the governments of Minister-Presidents Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023 she is managing director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation in Munich.

Career

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From 1989 until 1999, Pfeiffer-Poensgen was the chancellor of the Cologne College of Music.

From 2004 until 2017, Pfeiffer-Poensgen served as Secretary General of the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States (KdL).

Following the 2017 state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Pfeiffer-Poensgen was appointed State Minister of Culture and Science in the government of Minister-President Armin Laschet. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, she has been a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs since 2017. In addition, she is also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the French Senate.[3]

Other activities (selection)

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Corporate boards

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  • NRW.BANK, Member of the Supervisory Board (2017-2018)

Non-profit organizations

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References

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  1. ^ "Biografie von Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen".
  2. ^ Nina Magoley (2017-06-29), Liveticker zum Nachlesen: Das ist das neue NRW-Kabinett (in German), retrieved 2017-06-29
  3. ^ "Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen". Bundesrat.
  4. ^ Members of the Board of Trustees, 2018 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex.
  5. ^ Supervisory Board Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Deutschlandradio.
  6. ^ Board of Trustees Heinrich Hertz Foundation.
  7. ^ Senate Archived 2018-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
  8. ^ Board of Trustees Archived 2019-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Kunststiftung NRW.
  9. ^ Board of Trustees Museum Insel Hombroich.
  10. ^ Board Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK).
  11. ^ Board of Trustees Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation.
  12. ^ [Provenienzforschung in Deutschland weiter gestärkt - Kuratorium des Deutschen Zentrums Kulturgutverluste konstituiert ] Federal Government, press release of November 27, 2015.