Doris Ahnen

Doris Maria Ahnen is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Minister for Finance for Rhineland-Palatinate since 2014.[1] She has been a part of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2006 elections.[2] She is a member of the German Bundesrat.[3]

Doris Ahnen
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Ahnen in 2020
Rhineland-Palatinate Minister for Finance
Assumed office
12 November 2014
Preceded byCarsten Kühl
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Assumed office
18 May 2006
Preceded byKlaus Hammer
Personal details
Born (1964-08-29) 29 August 1964
Trier, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1993; div. 2018)​
Alma materUniversity of Mainz (MA)
Signature
Websitewww.doris-ahnen.de

Political career

State Minister of Education, 2001–2014

From 2001 until 2014, Ahnen served as State Minister of Education in the government of Minister-President Kurt Beck.[4] In this capacity, she chaired the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in 2004.

Since 2004, Ahnen has been serving as deputy chair of the SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate, under the leadership of chairpersons Kurt Beck (2004–2012) and Roger Lewentz (2012–present).

State Minister of Finance, 2014–present

Since 2014, Ahnen has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President Malu Dreyer. In this capacity, she is one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, where she serves on the Finance Committee and the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Regional Planning.

During the negotiations to form a coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2013 federal elections, Ahnen led the SPD delegation in the working group on education and research; her co-chair from the CDU/CSU was Johanna Wanka.[5] In the negotiations to form Merkel’s fourth coalition government following the 2017 federal elections, she was part of the working group on financial policies and taxes, led by Peter Altmaier, Andreas Scheuer and Olaf Scholz.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Ahnen led her party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the national budget; her co-chairs from the other parties were Lisa Paus and Christian Dürr.[6]

Personal life

Ahnen was married to fellow SPD politician Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen from 1993 until 2018.[7][8]

Other activities

References
  1. "Finanzministerin Doris Ahnen". RLP (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. "Abgeordnetensuche - 18. Wahlperiode". Landtag RLP (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. "Doris Maria Ahnen". Bundesrat (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. Hugh Williamson (May 12, 2006), Doubts surround SPD’s down-to-earth new leader Financial Time.
  5. Christian Tretbar (October 23, 2013), Sie haben sich erstmal alle umarmt Der Tagesspiegel.
  6. Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  7. Hannelore Crolly (November 21, 2014), Deutschlands erstes Finanzminister-Ehepaar Die Welt.
  8. Hildburg Bruns (July 27, 2018), Finanzsenator Kollatz ist jetzt Ahnen-los B.Z..
  9. Kurt Beck als Vorsitzender der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung bestätigt Friedrich Ebert Foundation, press release of December 17, 2018.
  10. 2020 Annual Report: Report of the Board of Supervisory Directors KfW.
  11. Doris Ahnen Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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