Anke Brunn

Anke Brunn (born September 17, 1942, in Behlendorf, Herzogtum Lauenburg) is a German economist and politician (SPD).

Life

After graduating from a humanistic high school in Hamburg in 1961, she studied economics and social sciences at universities in Hamburg, Paris and Cologne, graduated in 1966 with a degree in economics and worked from 1966 to 1975 as a research assistant and research assistant at the computer center of the University of Cologne.

Brunn is married to the historian Gerhard Brunn.

Party

Brunn joined the SPD in 1967, was chair of the SPD Middle Rhine district from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the SPD party executive from 1986 to 1999. In September 2000, she ran for the office of Lord Mayor of the city of Cologne, but was defeated by Fritz Schramma (CDU). In March 2001, she was elected deputy chairwoman of the Cologne SPD sub-district. In the 2009 local elections, she ran for Cologne Council.

Member of Parliament

She was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from July 26, 1970, to January 28, 1981, and from 1985 to 2010. There she was deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament from 1979 to 1981.

From 1981 to 1983, she was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives, during which time she was deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group.

Public offices and honorary posts

Brunn held office from January to June 1981 as Senator for Youth, Family and Sport in the Senate of Berlin under Regenting Mayor Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD).

From June 5, 1985, to June 9, 1998, she was North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister for Science and Research in the government of Johannes Rau.

Brunn is chairwoman of the supervisory board of KölnMusik GmbH and was chairwoman of the Gesellschaft für Zeitgenössischen Tanz NRW from 2001 to 2014.