Jürgen Zöllner
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Jürgen Zöllner | |
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 Jürgen Zöllner in 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 11, 1945 |
| Party | SPD |
| Occupation | Medical professional, Politician |
Emil Jürgen Zöllner (July 11, 1945 in Mährisch Neustadt) is a German medical professional and politician (SPD). From 1991 to 2006, he served as Minister of Education and Science in Rhineland-Palatinate, and additionally as Deputy Minister-President from May to November 2006. During the 2006 to 2011 legislative period, he headed the Senate Department for Education, Youth, and Science of the Berlin Senate.[1]
With more than 20 years of uninterrupted service as a minister, he was at one point the longest-serving minister in Germany. Till Backhaus currently holds this position.[2]
After graduating in 1964, Zöllner studied medicine until 1969 in Freiburg im Breisgau and Mainz, completed his doctorate in 1970, and obtained his habilitation in 1975. In 1977, Zöllner was a recipient of a DFG scholarship at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow.[3]
In 1977, Zöllner became a professor of Physiological chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. From 1983 to 1990, he served as its vice president, and Later, until 1991, as president.[4] From 1991 to 2011, he held ministerial positions in state governments in Rhineland-Palatinate and Berlin. Since 2012, Zöllner has been working as a board member of the Charité Foundation.[5]
