Background
She was born in Bombay to a German businessman father and an English mother who had met and married in India.
She was born in Bombay to a German businessman father and an English mother who had met and married in India.
Somerville College.
She was described as "the most successful woman civil servant of her generation". She joined the civil service in 1953, entering the Ministry of Labour and National Service. She was later named an undersecretary at the Department of Industry (DoI) in 1972, and later a deputy secretary in 1977.
She was Chancellor of De Montfort University (Leicester) from 1991 until 1995.
Dame Anne Mueller died in 2000, aged 69, following a long battle with Parkinson"s disease.