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Birgitta Wolff

Birgitta Wolff

German economist and politician


Birgitta Wolff (born 14 July 1965 in Münster[1]) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She served as minister of education and culture and as minister of research and economy in the state government of Saxony-Anhalt from 2010 to 2013, and as president of the Goethe University Frankfurt from 2015 to 2020.

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Academic career

Wolff studied at Witten/Herdecke University, LMU and Harvard University. After her Habilitation at LMU, she taught at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (1999–2000), and became professor of business administration and international management at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. In 2002, she spent a year at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has been a visiting professor at universities in Ukraine, Brazil and China.

In 2014, she was elected as president of the Goethe University Frankfurt, and she held the office from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020.[2] Her re-election failed in two ballots, and her successor Enrico Schleiff was elected in the 3rd ballot with 18 of 34 votes. [3]

Political career

In 2010, Wolff became state minister of education and culture in the state government of Minister-President Reiner Haseloff of Saxony-Anhalt. From 2011 to 2013, she served as state minister of research and economy.

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References

  1. Goethe-Universität wählt neue Präsidentin Archived 2014-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
  2. Enrico Schleiff folgt auf Birgitta Wolff Archived 2020-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, dpa/lhe/hr-iNFO 08.07.2020, 6 p.m.
  3. Board of Trustees Fritz Bauer Institute.
  4. Board of Trustees Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS).
  5. Supervisory Board University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt.
  6. Board of Trustees Archived 2017-08-20 at the Wayback Machine International Building Exhibition (IBA) Urban Redevelopment 2010.
  7. Advisory Board Centre for Higher Education (CHE).
  8. Board of Trustees Fazit-Stiftung.
  9. Board of Trustees Archived 2017-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Marketing Club Frankfurt.
  10. Board Center for Science and Research Management (ZWM).
  11. Advisory Board Archived 2017-08-27 at the Wayback Machine Johanna-Quandt-Universitätsstiftung.
  12. Members Archived 2017-08-27 at the Wayback Machine Hightech Forum.

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