| Sylvia Löhrmann | |
| Office: | Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Term Start: | 14 July 2010 |
| Term End: | 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Andreas Pinkwart |
| Successor: | Joachim Stamp |
| Office2: | State Minister of School and Further Education of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Term Start2: | 14 July 2010 |
| Term End2: | 2017 |
| Predecessor2: | Barbara Sommer |
| Successor2: | Yvonne Gebauer |
| Birth Date: | 1957 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Essen, West Germany |
| Nationality: | German |
| Party: | Green Party |
Sylvia Löhrmann (born 1 March 1957, Essen, Germany) is a German politician of the Green Party. From 2010 to 2017 she was Deputy Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and State Minister of School and Further Education.
Löhrmann studied German and English from 1975-1981 at the Ruhr University Bochum and later worked as a teacher.[1]
Löhrmann is a member of the Green Party, and since 1995 an elected member of the parliament of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia. Since July 15, 2010 she has served as Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Schools and Education in the incumbent state-government under the leadership of Minister-President Hannelore Kraft. As one of the state’s representatives at the Bundesrat, she is a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs.
On 25 March 2015, Löhrmann spoke at the memorial for 16 schoolchildren and two teachers of Joseph-König-Gymnasium who all died in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525.[2]
Löhrmann was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.[3]
Following the Green Party’s defeat in the 2017 state elections, Löhrmann was no longer a member of the state government and also resigned her parliamentary seat.[4] [5] In 2020, she was appointed secretary general of "321–2021: 1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany".[6]