Antje Töpfer (born 22 May 1968 in Ludwigsfelde, East Germany) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. Since December 2022 she has been State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg.[1]

Career

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Töpfer graduated from high school in 1986. From 1986 to 1990 she studied to become a qualified teacher of chemistry and biology at the Potsdam University of Education [de].[2] From 1990 to 1994 she studied food chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin. She completed her studies with part A of the state examination. From 1994 to 1995 she completed scientific internships at the Institute of Food Chemistry at the TU Berlin. From 1996 to 1998 she completed a postgraduate course in food chemistry at the TU Berlin. She graduated with a diploma . From 1995 to 1999 she worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Food Chemistry at the TU Berlin. She received her doctorate there in 1999. From 1998 to 2001 and in 2009 she worked as a freelance research assistant at Dorel Verlags GmbH & CoKG. From 2001 to 2006 she worked as a research assistant at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing. From 2006 to 2007 she worked at the German Institute for Standardization. From 2010 to 2015 she worked as a research assistant in the office of the Senate of the Federal Research Institutes in the business area of ​​the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. From 2015 until her appointment as State Secretary in 2022 she was a consultant in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

On 5 December 2022, Töpfer was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg, succeeding Anna Heyer-Stuffer [de].

In the 2024 Brandenburg state election, Töpfer is the Green Party's top candidate together with Benjamin Raschke.[3]

Töpfer is a member of the Havelland district council and chairwoman of the local Green Party group. She lives in a civil partnership and has two children.

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  • Antje Töpfer on the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg.

References

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  1. ^ "Töpfer und Raschke bilden Spitzenduo der Grünen im Landtagswahlkampf". www.rbb24.de (in German). 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ Göldner, Igor (2023-10-13). "Grüne Antje Töpfer will in Brandenburg Spitzenkandidatin zur Landtagswahl werden". www.maz-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  3. ^ "Spitzenduo der Grünen für die Landtagswahl in Brandburg gewählt". politik-kommunikation.de. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-12.