Heike Raab Explained

Heike Raab
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Office1:	Undersecretary/ Deputy State Minister of the Interior, for Sports and Infrastructure of Rhineland-Palatinate
Term Start1:	18 May 2011
Birth Date:	8 April 1965
Birth Place:	Cochem, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Nationality:	German
Party:	SPD
Alma Mater:	Technical University of Aachen
Website:	www.heike-raab.de

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^[1]

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^[2]
• 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^[3]

Other activities

Corporate boards

• KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)^[4]

Non-profit organizations

• ZDF, Member of the Program Committee^[5]
• Schüler Helfen Leben, Member of the Board of Trustees^[6]

External links

• Website of Heike Raab

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biography of Heike Raab . 2014-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140225051931/http://isim.rlp.de/ministerium/staatssekretaerin-heike-raab/ . 2014-02-25 . dead .
2. Web site: Landeswahlleiter . 2014-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101023203456/http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/ltw/wahlen/2001/bewerber/index.html . 2010-10-23 . dead .
3. http://www.spd-rlp.de/index.php?nr=4610&menu=1 Press Release as Secretary-General
4. https://www.kfw.de/About-KfW/Arbeitsweise-und-Unternehmensf%C3%BChrung/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BCsse/ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees
5. https://www.zdf.de/zdfunternehmen/gremien-fernsehrat-298.html Members of the Program Committee
6. http://www.schueler-helfen-leben.de/de/home/stiftung/vorstand0/stiftungskuratorium.html Board of Trustees