Stefanie Hubig

Stefanie Hubig (born 15 December 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister for Education in the government of Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer since 2016.[1]

Stefanie Hubig

Early life and education

Hubig was born 1968 in the West German city of Frankfurt am Main and studied law at the University of Regensburg.[2]

Political career

Following the 2013 national elections, Hubig was appointed State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection under minister Heiko Maas, in the coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Following the 2016 state elections, Hubig was appointed State Minister of Education in Rhineland-Palatinate. In this capacity, she has also been also one of the state’s representatives on the Bundesrat,[3] where she serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairsand the Committee on Women and Youth. She also chaired the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in 2020.[4]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Hubig was part of her party's delegation in the working group on education policy, co-chaired by Andreas Stoch, Felix Banaszak and Jens Brandenburg.[5] Amid the formation of the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, she was mentioned by numerous news outlets as a potential candidate for a cabinet post;[6][7][8] however, she remained in her role in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Other activities

References
  1. Timo Frasch (11 May 2016), Ampel in Rheinland-Pfalz: Neue Minister für Dreyers Kabinett Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  2. Schwäbische Zeitung 19.05.2021 p. 3 (in german)
  3. Stefanie Hubig Bundesrat.
  4. Katrin Bennhold (26 August 2020), Schools Can Reopen, Germany Finds, but Expect a ‘Roller Coaster’ New York Times.
  5. Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  6. Kristina Dunz, Tobias Peter and Eva Quadbeck (27 September 2021), Ob SPD, Union, Grüne oder FDP – wer jetzt auf ein Ministeramt hofft RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.
  7. Nikolaus Doll, Claus Christian Malzahn and Thorsten Jungholt (21 November 2021), Ampel-Verhandlungen: Wer wird was im Kabinett von Olaf Scholz? Die Welt.
  8. Georg Link (5 December 2021), Künftige Minister im Bundeskabinett: Wen beruft Olaf Scholz aus der rheinland-pfälzischen SPD? Südwestrundfunk.
  9. Board of Trustees Stiftung Lesen.


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