Cornelia Quennet-Thielen

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

19 January 1957

Born in Freiburg, Roman Catholic, married.

1976 to 1984

Studies of law in Freiburg and Trier
Practical legal training after the first state examination in Rhineland-Palatinate
Fellow of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

1984

Second state examination in law

1985

Judge in Land Rhineland-Palatinate

1985 to 1987

Personal Secretary to the Minister for Environment and Health of Land Rhineland-Palatinate, Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer

1987 to 2004

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety:

1987 to 1990

Personal Secretary to Federal Minister Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer

1990 to 1999

Head of Division for International Cooperation

1999 to 2004

Director for Policy Issues

2003

studies at Yale University, USA

2004 to 2008

Director General at the Office of the Federal President, since 2006 also Deputy Head of the Office of the Federal President

Since 15 November 2008

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)