Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen Explained

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 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 has been a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs since 2017. In addition, she is also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the French Senate.^[2]

Other activities (selection)

Corporate boards

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

Non-profit organizations

• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2022)^[3]
• Deutschlandradio, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2017–2022)^[4]
• Josefine and Eduard von Portheim Foundation for Science and Art, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)
• Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (since 2017)
• Heinrich Hertz Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (2017–2022)^[5]
• Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Ex-Officio Member of the Senate^[6]
• Kunststiftung NRW, Member of the Board of Trustees (2017–2022)^[7]
• Museum Insel Hombroich, Member of the Board of Trustees (2017–2022)^[8]
• North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees (2017–2022)
• Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), Deputy Chair of the Board^[9]
• Akademie Schloss Solitude, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees^[10]
• German Lost Art Foundation, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees (2015-2017)^[11]
• Franco-German Cultural Council (DFKR), Member of the Board of Trustees (2010-2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biografie von Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen.
2. Web site: Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen. Bundesrat.
3. https://www.zollverein.de/app/uploads/2018/06/180530_Stiftung_Zollverein_Mitglieder_Kuratorium_neu.pdf Members of the Board of Trustees, 2018
4. https://www.deutschlandradio.de/verwaltungsrat.2071.de.html Supervisory Board
5. http://www.heinrich-hertz-stiftung.de/de/stiftung/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees
6. https://www.helmholtz.de/ueber_uns/die_gemeinschaft/satzung_und_governance/senat_und_senatskommission/senatsmitglieder/ Senate
7. http://www.kunststiftung-nrw.de/de/stiftung/kuratorium/ Board of Trustees
8. https://www.inselhombroich.de/en/stiftung/foundation Board of Trustees
9. https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/en/about-us/organs/foundation-board/current-foundation-board.html Board
10. https://www.ludwigstiftung.de/en/imprint/ Board of Trustees
11. Provenienzforschung in Deutschland weiter gestärkt - Kuratorium des Deutschen Zentrums Kulturgutverluste konstituiert