Brigitte Klinkert

Brigitte Klinkert is a French politician who became the Member of Parliament for Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency in the 2022 French legislative election. She served as Minister Delegate in charge of Integration attached to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Integration in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022.[1]

Brigitte Klinkert
Brigitte Klinkert in 2018
Minister Delegate for Integration
In office
6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
Appointed byEmmanuel Macron
Personal details
Born
Brigitte Anne Francine Klinkert

(1956-07-22) 22 July 1956
Colmar, France
Political party
  • UDF (1998-2002)
  • UMP (2002-2015)
  • LR (2015-2019)
Alma materRegional Institute of Administration, Metz
AwardsNational Order of Merit
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Legion of Honour

Early life and education

Brigitte Anne Francine Klinkert was born on 22 July 1956 in Colmar, Alsace, France. Her grandfather, Joseph Rey, had been the mayor of Colmar from 1947 to 1977.[2] After secondary school in a private catholic institution, she studied law (1976) before graduating from the Metz Regional Institute of Administration in 1978.[3]

Political career

Klinkert started her career as municipal councilor of Colmar in 1983, a position she will keep until 2020. She joined the departmental council of Haut-Rhin in 1994. She became President of the Haut-Rhin department in 2017, the first woman elected in that position, she left the position to enter the Castex government in July 2020, as Minister delegate for Integration under the direction of Minister of Labour, Elisabeth Borne.[4]

After being a member of UDF from 1998 to 2002, Klinkert joined UMP then, after the party changed its named, LR in 2015 before leaving in 2019.[5]

She was elected in Haut-Rhin's 1st constituency at the 2022 French legislative election.[6]

Recognition

In 2021 Klinkert received the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Qui sont les ministres du gouvernement Castex ?". Le Monde.fr (in French). 6 July 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Brigitte Klinkert at Insertion, a new recruit from LR". Web24 News. 7 July 2020.
  3. "Mme Brigitte KLINKERT - Directrice territoriale - Biographie mise à jour le 31 juillet 2020". LesBiographies.com (in French).
  4. "Politique. Brigitte Klinkert entre au gouvernement". DNA (in French). 6 July 2020.
  5. archyde (7 July 2020). "Who is Brigitte Klinkert, new minister responsible for employment?". Archyde.
  6. "Législatives : l'ancienne ministre Brigitte Klinkert élue députée de la 1re circonscription du Haut-Rhin". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. Bundespraesident (24 November 2021). "Bekanntgabe vom 1. November 2021". Bundespraesident.

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