Background
WILMS, Dr. Dorothee was born on October 11, 1929. Daughter of Lorenz Wilms and Lieselotte Wilms (née Schiedges).
WILMS, Dr. Dorothee was born on October 11, 1929. Daughter of Lorenz Wilms and Lieselotte Wilms (née Schiedges).
Leaving exams, 1950; political economy and sociology studies, diploma political economist, 195054. University of Cologne, Doctor of Political Sciences, 1956. Spoken languages: English, French.
Acting federal secretary, Christian Democratic Union, 1974-1976. Member Bundestag, since 1976. Parliamentary secretary, CDU/CSU group in the Bundestag, 1980-1982.
Federal Minister of Education and Knowledge, 1982-1987. Federal Minister for Intra-German Relations, 1987-1991. Science lecturer, acting head of the Education, Employment and Social Policy Department and member of Secretariat of the German Industrial Institute, Cologne, 1955-1973.
Roman Catholic.