Ilse Aigner

Federal Minister Ilse Aigner

• Born in Feldkirchen-Westerham on 7 December 1964
• Catholic
• Electrical engineer

Personal and professional background

• 1981: German certificate of secondary education at the Wilhelm-Leibl intermediate secondary school in Bad Aibling
• 1981 to 1985: Vocational training to become a radio and TV engineer culminating in a journeyman's qualification
• 1985 to 1988: Professional experience in her parents’ electrical business
• 1988 to 1990: Technical college, qualification as state-registered electrical engineer
• 1990 to 1994: Development of system electronics for helicopters at the eurocopter company

Political career – offices – dutie

Young Christian Democrats

• 1983 to 1999: Member
• 1989 to 1999: Land Executive Committee
• 1993 to 1999: Deputy Chairwoman of the Land Executive Committee

Christian Social Union (CSU)

• Since 1985: Member
• Since 1995: CSU Executive Committee and District Committee of Upper Bavaria
• Since 1999: Deputy Chairwoman of the District Committee of Upper Bavaria
• Since 2007: Secretary at plenary sittings / Member of the CSU Party Executive

Local government

• 1990 to 1998: Member of the Municipal Council of Feldkirchen-Westerham
• 1990 to 1999: Member of the District Council of Rosenheim
• 1990 to 1998: Member of the District Committee of the district of Rosenheim

Parliaments

1994 to 1998: Member of the Bavarian Parliament

• Committee on Education, Youth and Sport
• Committee on Petitions and Complaints
• Advisory Council on Sport of the federal state of Bavaria
• Since 1998 Member of the Federal German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)

Directly elected in federal constituency 225 (districts of Starnberg, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen and Miesbach)

1998 to 2002 14th legislative term

• CDU/CSU Spokeswoman in the Study Commission on the Future of Civic Engagement
• Committee on Education, Research and Technology Impact Assessment

• Rapporteur in the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag for

  • space research and the
  • curricula of vocational education
• Secretary at plenary sittings of the Bundestag
• Substitute Member of the Petitions Committee
• Substitute Member of the Tourism Committee

2002 to 2005 15th legislative term

• Deputy Chairwoman of the CSU Land group

• Member of the Budget Committee

  Rapporteur for

  • the departmental budget of the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
  • the space-travel section of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Substitute Member of the Defence Committee
• Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Group (since 2005)

Since 2005 16th legislative term

• Chairwoman of the Working Group on Education and Research
  (until 31st October 2008)
• Spokeswoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Impact Assessment
  (until 31st October 2008)
• Substitute Member of the Budget Committee until November 2008
• Executive Committee of the parliamentary group