Background
WILMS, Dr. Dorothee was born on October 11, 1929. Daughter of Lorenz Wilms and Lieselotte Wilms (née Schiedges).
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Dr. Dorothee WILMS
Edit Profilepolitician member of the German Bundestag
Education
Leaving exams, 1950; political economy and sociology studies, diploma political economist, 195054. University of Cologne, Doctor of Political Sciences, 1956. Spoken languages: English, French.
Career
From 1982 to 1987 she was the Federal Minister for Education and Science and from 1987 to 1991 the Federal Minister for Inner-German relations. After finishing school in 1950, Wilms began studying economics, social policy and sociology in Cologne, graduating in 1954. From 1953 to 1973 she worked as a research assistant for youth and vocational training at the Institute of German Economy in Cologne.
From 1977 to 1982 she was the head of the Center for Research in educational and socio-political development.
In 1961 Dorothee Wilms joined the Christian Democratic Union (Germany)(Christian Democratic Union). From 1974 to 1976 she was deputy chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union. In 1986 she was elected to the Christian Democratic Union Regional Executive, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Bundestag
There she was parliamentary business manager of the Christian Democratic Union/Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) parliamentary group from 1980 to 1982. Public office
Wilms was appointed on 4 October 1982 as the Federal Minister for Education and Science in the Cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
After the 1987 Bundestag elections, she was the Federal Minister for Intra-German relations.
After German reunification, this ministry was dissolved. Since 1992 she was the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Public Service Foundation Chancellor Adenauer-Haus in Bad Honnef.
Works
Other Work
Religion
Roman Catholic
Membership
She was a member of the Board of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for 25 years until 2005. From 1976 to 1994 Wilms was a member of the German Bundestag. She worked from 2000 to 2004 as chairperson of the Association of Former Members of the Bundestag and the European Parliament.
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Born
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Nationality
Germany -
Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Christian Democratic Union
Education
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1956
Awards
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Grand Federal Merit Cross of the Meritorious Order of the German Federal Republic, 1985. Grand Federal Star Merit Cross of the Meritorious Order of the German Federal Republic, 1989.Grand Federal Merit Cross of the Meritorious Order of the German Federal Republic, 1985. Grand Federal Star Merit Cross of the Meritorious Order of the German Federal Republic, 1989.