Biografie (english)

Minister Pfeiffer-Poensgen was born in Aachen on 25 April 1954. She is a fully qualified lawyer.
since 30.06.2017 | Minister of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
2004 – 2017 | Secretary General of the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States |
1999 – 2004 | Councillor of the City of Aachen with responsibility for Cultural and Social Affairs |
1989 – 1999 | Chancellor of the Cologne College of Music |
1985 – 1989 | Adviser at the Ministry of Science and Research, Hamburg |
Mandates and Memberships
- Heinrich Hertz Foundation, Düsseldorf, Head of the Board of Trustees
- German Research Foundation / Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e.V. (DFG), Bonn, Member of the Main Committee
- Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany) / Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK), Berlin,Member of the Plenum
- Joint Science Conference / Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz (GWK), Bonn, Member
- German Council of Science and Humanities / Wissenschaftsrat (WR), Cologne, Member of the Administrative Board and thereby of the Plenary Assembly
- Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen GmbH, Recklinghausen, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Neue Schauspiel GmbH Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Kultur Ruhr GmbH, Bochum, Head of the Supervisory Board
- Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
- Foundation Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
- Dependent Foundation "Kunst im Landbesitz" / Unselbstständige Stiftung "Kunst im Landesbesitz" (Trustee = Foundation Kunstsammlung NRW), Düsseldorf, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
- Museum Schloss Moyland Foundation, Collection van der Grinten, Joseph-Beuys-Archive, Bedburg-Hau, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
- Deutsche Oper am Rhein gGmbH, Düsseldorf, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Insel Hombroich Foundation, Neuss, Head of the Board of Trustees
- Cultural Foundation of the Federal States / Kulturstiftung der Länder, Berlin, Member of the Foundation Board
- Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin, Member of the Foundation Board
- Peter und Irene Ludwig Foundation, Aachen, Head of the Board of Trustees
- Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen Foundation, Schöppingen, Member of the Foundation Board
- NRW Natural, National and Cultural Trust / NRW-Stiftung Naturschutz, Heimat und Kulturpflege, Düsseldorf, Member of the Foundation Board
- North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, Düsseldorf, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
- Deutschlandradio, Cologne, Member of the Board
- Zollverein Foundation / Stiftung Zollverein, Essen, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Josefine and Eduard von Portheim Foundation for Science and Art, Heidelberg, Member of the Board of Trustees