Heike Raab

{{Short description|German politician}}

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| birth_place = Cochem, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
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Heike Raab (born 8 April 1965) is a German politician (SPD), currently serving as Deputy Minister of the Interior, for Sports and Infrastructure of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Early life and education

  • 1984: Abitur (high school diploma), Hilda Gymnasium Koblenz (high school)
  • 1984 – 1987: Degree course for physical therapy, Technical University of Aachen, Germany
  • 1988 – 1992: University studies (M.A. degree): Political Sciences, Public Law and Spanish

Career

  • 1992 – 1993: Research Assistant for the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)
  • 1993 – 1994: State Chancellery, personal assistant of the Minister-President Rudolf Scharping
  • 1994 – 1998: Personal assistant of the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in the Deutsche Bundestag, Rudolf Scharping
  • 1999 – 2001: Head of Division in the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • since 18 May 2011: Undersecretary/ Deputy Minister of the Interior, for Sports and Infrastructure{{Cite web |url=http://isim.rlp.de/ministerium/staatssekretaerin-heike-raab/ |title=Biography of Heike Raab |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225051931/http://isim.rlp.de/ministerium/staatssekretaerin-heike-raab/ |archive-date=2014-02-25 |url-status=dead }}

As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat since 2015, Raab serves on the Committee on European Affairs. She is also a member of the German-Polish Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the Senate of Poland.

Political positions

  • 1989: Member of the Social Democratic Party
  • 2000: Chairwoman of the county chapter of the Social Democrats in Cochem-Zell County
  • 2001 – 2011: Member of Parliament, Rhineland-Palatinate{{Cite web |url=http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/ltw/wahlen/2001/bewerber/index.html |title=Landeswahlleiter |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023203456/http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/ltw/wahlen/2001/bewerber/index.html |archive-date=2010-10-23 |url-status=dead }}
  • 2004: Chairwoman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group in the County Council of Cochem-Zell
  • 2006 – 2011: Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party in Rhineland-Palatinate[http://www.spd-rlp.de/index.php?nr=4610&menu=1 Press Release as Secretary-General]

Other activities

=Corporate boards=

  • KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[https://www.kfw.de/About-KfW/Arbeitsweise-und-Unternehmensf%C3%BChrung/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BCsse/ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees] KfW.

=Non-profit organizations=

  • ZDF, Member of the Program Committee[https://www.zdf.de/zdfunternehmen/gremien-fernsehrat-298.html Members of the Program Committee] ZDF.
  • Schüler Helfen Leben, Member of the Board of Trustees[http://www.schueler-helfen-leben.de/de/home/stiftung/vorstand0/stiftungskuratorium.html Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052008/http://www.schueler-helfen-leben.de/de/home/stiftung/vorstand0/stiftungskuratorium.html |date=2015-12-08 }} Schüler Helfen Leben.

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