Monika Griefahn, Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages a. D.

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Date of Birth:: October 3, 1954 in Mülheim-Ruhr, Germany
married, 3 children
1961 - 1965: elementary school, Mülheim-Ruhr
1965 - 1973: municipal grammar school stressing modern languages, "Luisenschule", Mülheim-Ruhr, graduation (Abitur)
1973 - 1983: German-French Youth Organisation
Director of adult education for trade unions and church organisations, seminars in France and Germany
1973 - 1979: Universities of Göttingen and Hamburg
Sociology and Mathematics, MA in Sociology
1980 - 1982: YMCA Hamburg, Germany
Executive Director of education and training
1980 - 1983: Greenpeace Germany
Co-founder and Executive Director of Greenpeace Germany
Responsible for campains against chemical pollution and for the protection of the North Sea as well as other environmental issues
1984 - 1990: Greenpeace International
Member of the Board of Directors
Responsible for developing training programs and new offices in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union
1990 - 1998: Minister of Environmental Affairs in Lower Saxony, Germany
Since 1994: additionally: member of the state parliament off Lower Saxonia, constituency: Hildesheim
Since September 1998: Member of the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag), directly elected in District 36 (Soltau-Fallingbostel/Winsen a.d. Luhe), Lower Saxony
Member of the Commitee on Foreign Affairs
Member of the Committee on Culture and the Media

Member of the Committee on Culture and Medias
Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Member of the Sub-Committee on cultural policy abroad and education policy and new media
Member of the Sub-Committee on new media
Speaker of the parliamentary group of the SPD for the Committee on Cultural and the Media Affairs
Rapporteur for the Working Group on Cultural and Media Affairs of the SPD parliamentary group
- external cultural policy
- Deutsche Welle
- German- French Working Group on Cultural Diversity
- Music
- Film
- Net price system for books
Rapporteur for the Working Group on Foreign Affairs of the SPD parliamentary group
- external cultural and educational policy
- Media Affairs
- France
- India
- Interparliamentary Union
- International environment politics
Deputy Chair of the of the German-French Parliamentarian’s Group
Vice Chair of the SPD in the Interparliamentary Union
Member of the German OSCE delegation
Alternate member in the Advisory Committee for Arts of the Bundestag

Member of the board of directors of the SPD Cultural Forum
Member of the SPD Commission on Media
Vice-President of the subdistrict Harburg
Parliamentary friendship group on Cuba of the SPD parliamentary group and Latin-America
Added Member of the county council of the district Harburg

Right Livelihood Award, Stockholm (Alternative Nobel Prize)
Member of the board of directors and the jury Music Community in the German Parliament
Chair Administrative board of the „Deutsche Welle“ Germany´s international broadcaster
Vice Chairperson Member of the Administrative council of the German Federal Film Board
Member of the Preselection Jury of the German Film Price
Council of the Society for Cultural Policy Member
Member of the Council of the „Foundation Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe“
Board of F.C. Flick Foundation against xenophobia, racism and intolerance
Vice Chair „Heinz-Galinski Foundation“
Member of the board of trustees German UNESCO commission
Member Adenauer-de-Gaulle-Prize
Member of the jury German Phono Academy
Member Friends of the Rias Youth Orchestra
Chairperson Initiator of the initiative „Gesicht zeigen“ against intolerance, racism and xenophobia