Curriculum vitae Marion WALSMANN

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1981-1985 : University of Leipzig, Law/Commercial Law

Professional career

• 1985-1986 : Legal advisor at VEB Robotron-Vertrieb Erfurt
• 1986-1990 : Legal advisor in the Erfurt City Planning Department
• 1990 : Head of the Legal Service of the City of Erfurt
• 1990-2004 : Managerial role at the Thuringian Ministry of Justice

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

• 1995-2020 : (Honorary) Chair of the Christian Democratic Union Erfurt
• 1990-... : Chair of the Regional Working Group of Christian Democratic Lawyers in Thuringia

Offices held in local government bodies

• 2014-2019 : Chair of the supervisory board of Stadtwerke Erfurt Netz GmbH (Erfurt public utility company)

Offices held in a regional assembly

• 06/2004-04/12/2018 : Member of the Thuringian State Parliament

Offices held in regional government bodies

• 2014-2019 : Member of Erfurt City Council

Offices held in a national parliament

• 1986-1990 : (Honorary) Member of the Volkskammer (People’s Chamber of East Germany)

Offices held in a national government

• 2008-2009 : Thuringian Minister of Justice
• 2009-2010 : Thuringian Minister of Finance
• 2010-2013 : Minister of Federal and European Affairs and Head of the Thuringian State Chancellery

Offices held in the EU institutions

• 2015-2018 : Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Other activities

• 2002-... : Chair of the Regional Association of the Workers’ Samaritan Federation for Central Thuringia
• 2010-... : Vice-Chair of Europa Union Thüringen
• 2014-... : Regional Chair of aid organisation Weisser Ring Thüringen
• 2015-... : Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Stiftung Evangelische Akademie Thüringen (Evangelical Academy Thuringia)
• 2020-... : Vice-Chair of the International Fire and Rescue Federation
• 2021-... : Chair of the Gesellschaft für Thüringer Schlösser und Gärten (Association for Thuringian Castles and Gardens)
• 2019-... : Board Member at Bürger Europas e.V.