Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen

Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, 2010

Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen (born 25 April 1954, in Aachen) is a German politician, lawyer and administrative officer.[1] who served as State Minister of Culture and Science[2] in the governments of Minister-Presidents Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023 she is managing director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation in Munich.

Career

From 1989 until 1999, Pfeiffer-Poensgen was the chancellor of the Cologne College of Music.

From 2004 until 2017, Pfeiffer-Poensgen served as Secretary General of the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States (KdL).

Following the 2017 state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Pfeiffer-Poensgen was appointed State Minister of Culture and Science in the government of Minister-President Armin Laschet. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, she served as a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs from 2017 to 2022. In addition, she was also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the French Senate.[3]

Other activities (selection)

Corporate boards

  • NRW.BANK, Member of the Supervisory Board (2017–2018)

Non-profit organizations

References

  1. ↑ "Biografie von Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  2. ↑ Nina Magoley (2017-06-29), Liveticker zum Nachlesen: Das ist das neue NRW-Kabinett (in German), retrieved 2017-06-29
  3. ↑ "Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen". Bundesrat. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  4. ↑ New Board of Trustees at LMU Munich LMU Munich, press release of 13 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Members of the Board of Trustees, 2018 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex.
  6. ↑ Supervisory Board Archived 2019-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Deutschlandradio.
  7. ↑ Board of Trustees Heinrich Hertz Foundation.
  8. ↑ Senate Archived 2018-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.
  9. ↑ Board of Trustees Archived 2019-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Kunststiftung NRW.
  10. ↑ Board of Trustees Museum Insel Hombroich.
  11. ↑ Board Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK).
  12. ↑ Board of Trustees Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation.
  13. ↑ [Provenienzforschung in Deutschland weiter gestärkt - Kuratorium des Deutschen Zentrums Kulturgutverluste konstituiert ] Federal Government, press release of November 27, 2015.