Irmgard Karwatzki

Irmgard Karwatzki (15 December 1940 - 9 December 2007) was a German politician and social worker. She was a representative of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and served in the Bundestag from 1976 to 2005.

Life Irmgard Karwatzki was born on 15 December 1940 in Duisburg, in the German region of North Rhine-Westphalia. Her father, Eduard Karwatzki, was a dockworker, and she was the youngest of four children.

After attending elementary school from 1947 to 1955, Afterwards, she briefly worked for the company, before becoming a stenographer and clerk for the Duisburg coal wholesaler and shipping company Piepmeyer & Oppenhorst. A devout catholic, she worked as a consultant for the Diocese of Essen in the Federation of German Catholic Youth from 1967 to 1971, and as a lecturer at the from 1971 to 1976.

From 1999 up until her death, Karwatzki was also Deputy Chairwoman of Caritas Germany's Diocese of Essen division, and held a position on the Supervisory Board of the Bank im Bistum Essen.

Karwatzki died of a heart attack on 9 December 2007, shortly before her 67th birthday. and began her political career at the local level in her hometown of Duisburg. Karwatzki was also a member of the Duisburg City Council from 1975 to 1977 and from 1979 to 1990.

On 4 October 1982, Karwatzki was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and Health, at the time held by Heiner Geißler. She maintained the position under his successor, Rita Süssmuth, for two years, before moving to the Federal Ministry of Education and Science under Jürgen Möllemann following the 1987 federal election. She left the office on 21 April 1989, after a cabinet reshuffle.

After the 1994 federal election, Karwatzki was again appointed Parliamentary State Secretary, this time to the Federal Ministry of Finance under Theodor Waigel. She left the office on 28 October 1998, following the 1998 federal election.

After the premature dissolution of the 15th Bundestag in 2005 following a failed motion of no confidence, Karwatzki decided to retire from politics.

Works

(1978); In English: Discrimination against women is unjust and short-sighted. (1984); In English: To be able to act in a Christian, socially responsible and just manner. (1984); In English: More attention towards women. (2001); In English: Climbing a mountain is rarely about reaching the peak.