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'''Andrea Fischer''' was a member of the German [[Bundestag]] for the [[German Green Party]] and from 1998 until 2001 Federal Minister for Health. She dropped out of the Bundestag in 2002.
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She was selected a [[WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1999|Global Leader for Tomorrow]] by the [[World Economic Forum]] in 1999.
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==Education and profession==
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After graduating from high school, Andrea Fischer completed an apprenticeship as an offset printer. She then worked as a [[Offset printing|printer]] and [[proofreader]] and additionally completed her [[Higher education|studies]] in economics at the [[Free University of Berlin]]. After completing her studies, she worked as a research assistant at the [[European Parliament]], the [[WZB Berlin Social Science Center]] and the ''Federal Insurance Institution for Employees'' ''(Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte)''.
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==Political career==
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She has been a member of the [[German Green Party]] since 1985, before that she was a member of the [[Group of International Marxists]] (GIM), the then German section of the Fourth International. From 1994 to 2002 she was a member of the [[German Bundestag]]. After the [[1998 German federal election|1998 federal elections]], she was appointed [[Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)|Federal Minister of Health]] on October 27, 1998 as a member of the [[Cabinet of Germany|federal government]] headed by [[Gerhard Schröder]]. She resigned from office on January 9, 2001 in the wake of the [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|BSE]] [[crisis]]. Shortly afterwards, the resignation of the [[Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany)|Federal Minister of Agriculture]], [[Karl-Heinz Funke]], was also announced. In the film ''Schlachtfeld Politik – Die finstere Seite der Macht'' (''Battlefield Politics – The dark side of power'') by [[Stephan Lamby]], she describes that there was massive [[pressure]] from the party leadership. The film asks whether Andrea Fischer had to resign after ''[[Joschka Fischer]]'s wild years'' ([[Der Spiegel]] edition 2/2001), not so much because of the [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|BSE]] [[crisis]] as to relieve [[Joschka Fischer]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY2Vet3efPc Schlachtfeld Politik], youtube.com</ref>
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Fischer was elected as the leading [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] candidate in the [[2011 Berlin state election|Berlin election]] on September 18, 2011 in the district assembly ''(Bezirksverordnetenversammlung)'' of Berlin's [[Mitte]] [[Boroughs and neighborhoods of Berlin|borough]], where she was chair of the [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] parliamentary group until October 30, 2012.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140114163811/http://www.berliner-woche.de/nachrichten/bezirk-mitte/artikel/1122-andrea-fischer-zur-regionsraetin-in-hannover-gewaehlt/</ref>
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On October 15, 2012, Fischer was elected by the [[Regierungsbezirk|Regional Assembly]] to the office of Finance Director of the [[Hanover Region]], which had been restructured by Regional President [[Hauke Jagau]].<ref>Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung [http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Uebersicht/CDU-Frau-Barbara-Thiel-muss-gehen-Region-sucht-neuen-Dezernenten CDU-Frau Thiel muss gehen], vom September 26, 2014</ref> It manages the areas of finance, facility management and hospitals. In April 2013 she took over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the ''Klinikum Region Hanover''.<ref>[[Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung]]: [http://www.haz.de/Hannover/Aus-der-Stadt/Uebersicht/Region-muss-Klinikum-vor-Pleite-retten Region muss Klinikum vor Pleite retten], vom 5. April 2013</ref>
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==Lobbyism==
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After her time as an active politician, Fischer became active as a freelance publicist and [[lobbyist]] in international health policy. From 2001 to 2009 she was [[patron]] of the ''Federal Association of Experienced Psychiatrists'' ''(Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener)''.<ref>[http://www.bpe-online.de/verband/vorstandsmitteilungen/schirmherrin-trennung.pdf BPE trennt sich von Schirmherrin Andrea Fischer. Pressemitteilung des BPE vom 19. Januar 2009] (PDF; 84&nbsp;kB)</ref> From 2004 to 2006 Fischer was a member of the management team of the consulting firm ''Institut für Organisationskommunikation'' (IFOK GmbH), where she was responsible for health and nutrition. Previously, she was head of the Center of Canadian Universities (CUC) in [[Berlin]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070930061442/http://www.cuc-berlin.org/newsletter/issue/1.pdf</ref>
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Fischer is Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Man, Ethics and Science ''(Institut Mensch, Ethik und Wissenschaft)''.<ref>http://www.imew.de/index.php?id=28</ref>
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From 2006 to 2009 she worked at the [[PR agency]] [[Ketchum Inc.|Pleon]] in Munich, where she headed the medical-pharmaceutical area of healthcare.<ref>[http://www.horizont.net/aktuell/leute/pages/protected/Ex-Ministerin-Andrea-Fischer-geht-zu-Pleon_64252.html Andrea Fischer geht zu Pleon], abgerufen am 16. November 2012</ref> Since then she has been self-employed in this field.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130318235602/http://www.andrea-fischer.de/de/profil/curriculum-vitae/index.shtml</ref> Since April 2006, Fischer has been co-editor of ''GesundheitsNachrichten'', a specialist journal for the health industry.<ref>DWDL: ''[http://www.dwdl.de/article/news_6582,00.html "GesundheitsNachrichten" von Ex-Ministerin Fischer]''. 6. April 2006</ref>
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==Other commitments==
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From October 2002 to the end of 2003, Andrea Fischer and [[BamS]] editor-in-chief [[Claus Strunz]] hosted the [[n-tv]] programme ''[[Grüner Salon]]''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030401082410/http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/29/0,1872,2034973,00.html</ref> She appears regularly in broadcasts on [[Deutschlandradio Kultur]], where she presents new publications of German-language crime literature.
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Fischer supported the [[Berlin]] [[Pro-Reli]] [[Political campaign|campaign]], which failed in April 2009, as a [[testimonial]]. Since 2008 she has been the [[diocesan]] leader of the [[Malteser Hilfsdienst]] in Berlin.<ref>[http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/berlin/article976163/Ehemalige-Ministerin-wird-Malteser-Chefin.html Bericht auf morgenpost.de vom 12. November 2008]</ref>
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As a young woman, Fischer left the [[Catholic Church]], into which she rejoined a good twenty years later.<ref>Ulrich Schnabel: [http://www.zeit.de/2004/01/Glauben_i__Dland?page=all ''Wie man in Deutschland glaubt.''] In: ''Die Zeit.'' 22. Dezember 2003.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 05:03, 7 February 2022

Person.png Andrea Fischer  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, pharma lobbyist)
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Born14 January 1960
NationalityGerman
Alma materFree University of Berlin
ReligionRoman Catholic
Member ofDoherty Institute, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1999
PartyGerman Green Party

Andrea Fischer was a member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 Federal Minister for Health. She dropped out of the Bundestag in 2002.

She was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1999.

Education and profession

After graduating from high school, Andrea Fischer completed an apprenticeship as an offset printer. She then worked as a printer and proofreader and additionally completed her studies in economics at the Free University of Berlin. After completing her studies, she worked as a research assistant at the European Parliament, the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the Federal Insurance Institution for Employees (Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte).

Political career

She has been a member of the German Green Party since 1985, before that she was a member of the Group of International Marxists (GIM), the then German section of the Fourth International. From 1994 to 2002 she was a member of the German Bundestag. After the 1998 federal elections, she was appointed Federal Minister of Health on October 27, 1998 as a member of the federal government headed by Gerhard Schröder. She resigned from office on January 9, 2001 in the wake of the BSE crisis. Shortly afterwards, the resignation of the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Karl-Heinz Funke, was also announced. In the film Schlachtfeld Politik – Die finstere Seite der Macht (Battlefield Politics – The dark side of power) by Stephan Lamby, she describes that there was massive pressure from the party leadership. The film asks whether Andrea Fischer had to resign after Joschka Fischer's wild years (Der Spiegel edition 2/2001), not so much because of the BSE crisis as to relieve Joschka Fischer.[1]

Fischer was elected as the leading Alliance 90/The Greens candidate in the Berlin election on September 18, 2011 in the district assembly (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) of Berlin's Mitte borough, where she was chair of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group until October 30, 2012.[2]

On October 15, 2012, Fischer was elected by the Regional Assembly to the office of Finance Director of the Hanover Region, which had been restructured by Regional President Hauke Jagau.[3] It manages the areas of finance, facility management and hospitals. In April 2013 she took over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Klinikum Region Hanover.[4]

Lobbyism

After her time as an active politician, Fischer became active as a freelance publicist and lobbyist in international health policy. From 2001 to 2009 she was patron of the Federal Association of Experienced Psychiatrists (Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener).[5] From 2004 to 2006 Fischer was a member of the management team of the consulting firm Institut für Organisationskommunikation (IFOK GmbH), where she was responsible for health and nutrition. Previously, she was head of the Center of Canadian Universities (CUC) in Berlin.[6]

Fischer is Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Man, Ethics and Science (Institut Mensch, Ethik und Wissenschaft).[7]

From 2006 to 2009 she worked at the PR agency Pleon in Munich, where she headed the medical-pharmaceutical area of healthcare.[8] Since then she has been self-employed in this field.[9] Since April 2006, Fischer has been co-editor of GesundheitsNachrichten, a specialist journal for the health industry.[10]

Other commitments

From October 2002 to the end of 2003, Andrea Fischer and BamS editor-in-chief Claus Strunz hosted the n-tv programme Grüner Salon.[11] She appears regularly in broadcasts on Deutschlandradio Kultur, where she presents new publications of German-language crime literature.

Fischer supported the Berlin Pro-Reli campaign, which failed in April 2009, as a testimonial. Since 2008 she has been the diocesan leader of the Malteser Hilfsdienst in Berlin.[12]

As a young woman, Fischer left the Catholic Church, into which she rejoined a good twenty years later.[13]


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References

  1. ↑ Schlachtfeld Politik, youtube.com
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140114163811/http://www.berliner-woche.de/nachrichten/bezirk-mitte/artikel/1122-andrea-fischer-zur-regionsraetin-in-hannover-gewaehlt/
  3. ↑ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung CDU-Frau Thiel muss gehen, vom September 26, 2014
  4. ↑ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung: Region muss Klinikum vor Pleite retten, vom 5. April 2013
  5. ↑ BPE trennt sich von Schirmherrin Andrea Fischer. Pressemitteilung des BPE vom 19. Januar 2009 (PDF; 84 kB)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070930061442/http://www.cuc-berlin.org/newsletter/issue/1.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.imew.de/index.php?id=28
  8. ↑ Andrea Fischer geht zu Pleon, abgerufen am 16. November 2012
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130318235602/http://www.andrea-fischer.de/de/profil/curriculum-vitae/index.shtml
  10. ↑ DWDL: "GesundheitsNachrichten" von Ex-Ministerin Fischer. 6. April 2006
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030401082410/http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/29/0,1872,2034973,00.html
  12. ↑ Bericht auf morgenpost.de vom 12. November 2008
  13. ↑ Ulrich Schnabel: Wie man in Deutschland glaubt. In: Die Zeit. 22. Dezember 2003.
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