Monika Wulf-Mathies [SEP] position held
Monika Wulf-Mathies
Monika Wulf-Mathies (born 1942) is a German politician, who was European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
Early life.
Wulf-Mathies was born in the rural town of Wernigerode in 1942 after her family was evacuated from wartime Hamburg.
Career.
In 1971, at the age of 29, Wulf-Mathies joined the then German Chancellor Willy Brandt’s office in Bonn. In the government of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, she later led the Federal Chancellery’s department of social affairs
Annemarie Renger, former President of the Bundestag; Walter Scheel, former German President; Dr Dieter Spöri, Rita Süssmuth, former President of the Bundestag; Wolfgang Thierse, former President of the Bundestag; Monika Wulf-Mathies, former EU Commissioner.
EM Germany is also represented on the board of EM International: Jo Leinen is President of European Movement International and Bernd Hüttemann acts as Vice-president. Other Germans on the board include Christof-Sebastian Klitz Office Manager of Volkswagen in Brussels/Bruxelles and Christian Wenning.