Angela Dorn-Rancke
German politician (born 1982)
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Angela Dorn-Rancke (born 2 June 1982)[1] is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as the State Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts of Hesse[2] in the cabinet of Minister-President Volker Bouffier from 2019 to 2024.
Angela Dorn-Rancke | |
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Angela Dorn-Rancke in 2019 | |
| Hessian Minister of State for Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts | |
| In office 18 January 2019 – 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Boris Rhein |
| Member of the Landtag of Hesse | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 June 1982 |
| Party | Greens |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Marburg |
Political career
In the 2009 elections, Dorn-Rancke was elected into the State Parliament of Hesse, at the time as the youngest member of legislative.[3]
From 2017 to 2019, Dorn-Rancke served as co-chair of her party of the Green Party in Hesse, alongside Kai Klose.[2]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Dorn-Rancke was part of her party's delegation in the working group on innovation and research, co-chaired by Thomas Losse-Müller, Katharina Fegebank and Lydia Hüskens.[4]
Other activities
- Cultural Foundation of the German States (KdL), Member of the Council (2019–2024)[5]
- Fritz Bauer Institute, Member of the Board[6]
- Hessische Kulturstiftung, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (2019–2024)[7]
- Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (HSFK), chair of the Board of Trustees (2019–2024)[8]
- University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (2019–2024)[9]
- Vietnamese-German University (VGU), Member of the University Council (2019–2024)[10]
- Von-Behring Röntgen Foundation, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees (2019–2024)[11]
- German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)
- Medico International, Member
- Hessischer Rundfunk, Member of the Broadcasting Council (–2019)[12]
