Annette Schavan

Infobox Minister


name = Annette Schavan
office = Federal Minister of Education and Research
GER
term_start = November 22 2005
term_end =
predecessor = Edelgard Bulmahn
successor =
office2 = Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg GER
term_start2 = July 19 1995
term_end2 = October 5 2005
predecessor2 = Marianne Schultz-Hector
successor2 = Helmut Rau
birth_date = Birth date and age|1955|6|10|mf=y
birth_place = Jüchen, Germany
nationality = GER
death_date =
death_place =
party = Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
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residence =
alma_mater = University of Bonn
University of Düsseldorf
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website = [http://www.Annette-Schavan.de/ Annette-Schavan.de]
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Audio|Annette Schavan.ogg|Annette Schavan (born June 10, 1955 in Jüchen) is a German politician (CDU). She has been the Federal Minister of Education and Research since November 22, 2005.

From 1995-2005, she served as the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. During this time, she oversaw school education in Baden-Württemberg, and started a controversy when she disallowed a Muslim teacher to wear a head scarf in school, since that was seen as a religious symbol, while allowing Catholic nuns to wear their traditional habit.

Schavan was under discussion to become the Christian Democrats' candidate for Germany's presidency in 2004, but Horst Köhler was nominated and elected. In 2005 she tried to succeed Erwin Teufel as Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, but she was defeated by her rival Günther Oettinger (also CDU) in the internal elections of the CDU.

In 2006 she received the Else Mayer Award.

External links

* [http://www.annette-schavan.de/ Official Site of Annette Schavan]