Monika Heinold

Monika Heinold (born 30 December 1958 in Gütersloh) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and current Schleswig-Holstein Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Finance.

Monika Heinold
Deputy Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
Assumed office
6 February 2018
Serving with Heiner Garg Until 29 June 2022
Preceded byRobert Habeck
Minister of Finance of Schleswig-Holstein
Assumed office
6 May 2012
Preceded byRainer Wiegard
Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Assumed office
7 June 2022
Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
24 March 1996 – 6 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1958-12-30) 30 December 1958
Gütersloh, West Germany
Nationality Germany
Political party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens
CabinetCabinet Albig Cabinet Günther
Websitewww.monika-heinhold.de

Early life and career

Heinold grew up in Langenhorn, Hamburg,[1] and began her professional career in day care.

Political career

Early beginnings

Heinold joined Alliance 90/The Greens in 1984. From 1990 to 1994 she was a member of the regional parliament in her home district of Segeberg.

Heinold was a member of Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1996 to 2012. Throughout her time in parliament, she served on the Finance Committee, which she co-chaired from 2009 until 2012. In addition, she was a member of the Committee on the Election of Judges (1996–2000) and the Committee on Social Affairs (2000–2006).

Career in state government

Since the 2012 state elections, Heinold has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the cabinets of Ministers-President Torsten Albig (2012–2017) and Daniel Günther (since 2017, Cabinet Günther) of Schleswig-Holstein.[2] As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, she serves on the body's Finance Committee.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 national elections, Heinold was part of her party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the national budget, co-chaired by Doris Ahnen, Lisa Paus and Christian Dürr.[3]

Heinold was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2004, 2017 and 2022.[4]

Following the resignation of Jan Philipp Albrecht, Heinold additionally took on his duties as acting Minister of Energy Transition, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitalisation between 2 June and 29 June 2022.[5][6]

Other activities
  • Stability Council, Ex-Officio Member[7]
  • KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2018)[8][9]
  • HSH Nordbank, Member of the Advisory Board (2004–2005)

Personal life

Heinold has two sons. In 2007, she moved from Segeberg to Kiel.[10]

References
  1. Christian Hiersemenzel (12 April 2017), „Ich arbeite nicht gerne unter Chefs“ Kieler Nachrichten.
  2. "Landesportal Schleswig-Holstein – Finanzministerium – Ministerin Monika Heinold". schleswig-holstein.de. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  3. Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  4. Top 13: Wahl der Mitglieder für die 17. Bundesversammlung State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
  5. "Umweltminister verabschiedet". schleswig-holstein.de (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. "Ministerium für Energiewende, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Natur". schleswig-holstein.de (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. Chair and Members Archived 9 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine Stability Council.
  8. Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.
  9. 2018 Annual Report: Report of the Board of Supervisory Directors KfW.
  10. Frank Knittermeier (13 February 2007), Der Liebe wegen: Monika Heinold zieht nach Kiel Hamburger Abendblatt.
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