Andrea Nahles

Andrea Maria Nahles (* 20. June 1970 in Mendig/Rheinland-Pfalz) is a German politician, a Bundestag representative for Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and past SPD Youth leader. She is known with in the party for critizing Gerhard Schröder's Agenda 2010 and thus considered to belong to the SPD's left-wing. Image File history File links Nahles_Andrea. ... Image File history File links Nahles_Andrea. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... SPD redirects here. ... Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands in German) Serial Presence Detect of computer memory modules Categories: Disambiguation ... Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder [] (born April 7, 1944 in Mossenberg-Wöhren), a German politician, served as Chancellor of Germany, leading a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Greens from 1998 until 2005. ... The Agenda 2010 is a series of reforms planned and executed by the German government which they say will modernise the German social system and labour market. ...

Education and Career

Andrea Nahles finished high school (Abitur) through a continuing education program. She obtained a MA after studying politics, philosophy and Germanistics at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn, during which time she was an assistant to member of parliament. Currently, she is pursuing an doctorate in Germanistics. The title of her dissertation is "Walter Scotts Einfluss auf die Entwicklung des historischen Romans in Deutschland“ [Walter Scott's influence on the development of the historical romance novel in Germany]. A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political... These five broad types of question are called analytical or logical, epistemological, ethical, metaphysical, and aesthetic respectively. ... Germanistics is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. ... Districts of Bonn Historic Town Hall Münster Cathedral parts of Bonn and the Siebengebirge Godesburg Fortress Bonn is a city in Germany (Population (2004 est): 313,605 ; the 19th largest city in Germany), in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on... Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ...

Party

In 1998, she joined the SPD. Shortly after, she was the youth representative for the constituency of Mayen-Koblenz. From 1993 to 1995 she was the youth representative for Rheinland-Pfalz. In 1995 she became the national youth representative, following Thomas Westphal, a post she held until 1999. Since 1997 she has been a member of the SPD executive.

In 2000 she was one of the founders of the "Forums Demokratische Linke 21" [Forum of the Democratic Left 21].

On October 31, 2005 she was voted the SPD's general secretary, defeating Kajo Wasserhövel, the favoured man from the conservative side of the party. Wasserhövel's defeat prompted Franz Müntefering to declare that he no longer feels he has the confidence of the party and will step down. As a result, Nahles refused to the accept the position of general secretary. Franz Müntefering, 2004 Franz Müntefering (born January 16, 1940) is a German politician and chairman of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). ...

See also

• Politics of Germany