Doris Ahnen
{{short description|Lower Saxony Minister for Education}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = 2020-08-18 Ministerin Doris Ahnen by OlafKosinsky MG 3150.jpg
| caption = Ahnen in 2020
| office1 = Minister for Finance of Rhineland-Palatinate
| 2blankname1 = {{nowrap|Minister President}}
| 2namedata1 = Malu Dreyer
| term_start1 = 12 November 2014
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Carsten Kühl
| successor1 =
| office2 = Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
| term_start2 = 18 May 2006
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Klaus Hammer
| successor2 =
| office3 = Minister for Education, Research and Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate
| 2blankname3 = {{nowrap|Minister President}}
| 2namedata3 = Kurt Beck
Malu Dreyer
| term_start3 = 18 May 2001
| term_end3 = 12 November 2014
| predecessor3 = Jürgen Zöllner
| successor3 = Vera Reiß
| party = Social Democratic Party
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|8|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Trier, West Germany
(now Germany)
| alma_mater = University of Mainz (MA)
| residence =
| spouse = {{marriage|Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen|1993|2018|reason=divorced}}
| children =
| website = {{URL|www.doris-ahnen.de}}
| signature = Doris_Ahnen_Signature.jpg
}}
Doris Maria Ahnen is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Minister for Finance in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2014.{{cite web |title=Finanzministerin Doris Ahnen |url=https://fm.rlp.de/de/ministerium/ministerin/ |website=RLP |access-date=31 October 2021 |language=de}} Prior to that she served as the Minister for Education, Research and Culture since 2001. She has been a part of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate since the 2006 elections.{{cite web |title=Abgeordnetensuche - 18. Wahlperiode |url=https://www.landtag.rlp.de/de/parlament/abgeordnete/abgeordnetensuche/ |website=Landtag RLP |access-date=31 October 2021 |language=de}} She is also a member of the German Bundesrat for Rhineland-Palatinate.{{cite web |title=Doris Maria Ahnen |url=https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/personen/DE/laender/rp/ahnen-doris.html |website=Bundesrat |access-date=31 October 2021 |language=de}}
Political career
=State Minister of Education, 2001–2014=
From 2001 until 2014, Ahnen served as State Minister of Education in the government of Minister-President Kurt Beck.Hugh Williamson (12 May 2006), [https://www.ft.com/content/420a6ef2-e1da-11da-bf4c-0000779e2340 Doubts surround SPD's down-to-earth new leader] Financial Times. In this capacity, she chaired the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in 2004.
Since 2004, Ahnen has been serving as deputy chair of the SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate, under the leadership of chairpersons Kurt Beck (2004–2012) and Roger Lewentz (2012–present).
Ahnen co-chaired the SPD's national conventions in Berlin, (2011,[https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/2011_bpt_berlin_protokoll.pdf Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2011, Berlin] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). 2014,[https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/Protokoll_des_ausserordentlichen_Bundesparteitages__2014__Berlin.pdf Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2014, Berlin] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). 2015,[https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Bundesparteitage/Bundesparteitag_2015/2015_Berlin_interaktiv.pdf Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2015, Berlin] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). 2017),[https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Bundesparteitage/Bundesparteitag_2017/Protokoll_aoParteitag_Berlin_19032017.pdf Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages der SPD in Berlin, 19. März 2017] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Leipzig (2013),[https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/Protokoll_des_Bundesparteitages_2013__Leipzig.pdf Protokoll des Bundesparteitages 2013, Leipzig] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Dortmund (2017)[https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Bundesparteitage/Bundesparteitag_2017/Protokoll_aoParteitag_Dortmund_25062017.pdf Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages in Dortmund, 2017] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). and Wiesbaden (2018).[https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/Protokoll_des_ausserordentlichen_Parteitags_in_Wiesbaden_22.4.2018.pdf Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages Wiesbaden, 2018] Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
=State Minister of Finance, 2014–present=
Since 2014, Ahnen has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President Malu Dreyer. In this capacity, she is one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, where she serves on the Finance Committee and the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Regional Planning.{{fact|date=December 2024}}
During the negotiations to form a coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2013 federal elections, Ahnen led the SPD delegation in the working group on education and research; her co-chair from the CDU/CSU was Johanna Wanka.Christian Tretbar (23 October 2013), [http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/auftakt-der-koalitionsverhandlung-sie-haben-sich-erstmal-alle-umarmt/8972864.html Sie haben sich erstmal alle umarmt] Der Tagesspiegel. In the negotiations to form Merkel's fourth coalition government following the 2017 federal elections, she was part of the working group on financial policies and taxes, led by Peter Altmaier, Andreas Scheuer and Olaf Scholz.{{fact|date=December 2024}}
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Ahnen led her party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the national budget; her co-chairs from the other parties were Lisa Paus and Christian Dürr.Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021), [https://www.fr.de/politik/ampel-koalition-verhandlung-spd-gruene-fdp-arbeitsgruppen-scholz-lindner-baerbock-91069532.html Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick] Frankfurter Rundschau.
Ahnen was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[https://dokumente.landtag.rlp.de/landtag/drucksachen/1875-18.pdf Drucksache 18/1875: Vom Landtag Rheinland-Pfalz gewählte Mitglieder und Ersatzmitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung] State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Personal life
Ahnen was married to fellow SPD politician Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen from 1993 until 2018.Hannelore Crolly (21 November 2014), [https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article134583991/Deutschlands-erstes-Finanzminister-Ehepaar.html Deutschlands erstes Finanzminister-Ehepaar] Die Welt.Hildburg Bruns (27 July 2018), [https://www.bz-berlin.de/landespolitik/finanzsenator-kollatz-ist-jetzt-ahnen-los Finanzsenator Kollatz ist jetzt Ahnen-los] B.Z..
Other activities
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Member of the Board (since 2018)[https://www.fes.de/presse/aktuelle-pressehinweise/kurt-beck-als-vorsitzender-der-friedrich-ebert-stiftung-bestaetigt Kurt Beck als Vorsitzender der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung bestätigt] Friedrich Ebert Foundation, press release of 17 December 2018.
- KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors[https://www.kfw.de/PDF/Download-Center/Finanzpublikationen/PDF-Dokumente-Berichte-etc/3_Finanzberichte/Finanzbericht_2020-2.pdf 2020 Annual Report: Report of the Board of Supervisory Directors] KfW.
- Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member[https://www.landtag.rlp.de/de/parlament/abgeordnete/abgeordnetensuche/biografie/?tx_rlpdelegate%5Bcontroller%5D=Delegate&tx_rlpdelegate%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_rlpdelegate_detail%5Bdelegate%5D=508&cHash=e6d225cf4023b121487e07fb969a1cb3 Doris Ahnen] Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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