Background
SUSSMUTH, Prof. Dr. Rita was born on February 17, 1937 in Wuppertal, Germany.
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Prof. Dr. Rita SUSSMUTH
Prof. Dr. Rita SUSSMUTH, German President of the Bundestag.
Education
School leaving exam., 1956. Studied romance languages and literature, Münster, Tübingen, Paris. State exam, for grammar school teaching.
Post graduate studies, educational sciences, sociology and psychology. Doctor of Philosophy, 1964.
Career
Member. Scientific Advisory Committee, Family Affairs, Federal Ministry of Youth, Family Affairs and Health, 1971-1985. Member, Commission for the Elaboration of the 3rd Report on the Situation of Families, 1977. Member, Federal Advisory Committee on Youth Problems, 1982.
Chairperson, Commission for the Elaboration of the 7th Report on the Situation of Young People, 1984. Vice-President, Family Association, of German Catholics, since 1980. Chairperson, Commission of Marriage and the Family, Central Committee of German Catholics, 1982-1991.
Chairperson, Federal Expert Committee on Family Policy, Christian Democratic Union, 1983. Federal Chairperson. Women's Association, within the Christian Democratic Union, since 1986. Minister for Youth. Family Affairs, Women and Health, 1986.
Member of the Bundestag, since 1987, President. since 1988. Assistant, University of Stuttgart and Osnabrück, 1963-1966. Lecturer, College of Education, Ruhr, 1966.
Professor, Ruhr University, Bochum, 1969. Full Professor, of Educational Sciences, Teacher Training College, Ruhr, 1971. Professor, Educational Sciences, Dortmund University, since 1980.
Director Research Institute, Frau und Gesellschaft (Women and Society), Hanover, 1982.
Religion
Catholic.
Connections
Spouse Doctor Hans Süssmuth.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Christian Democratic Party