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Gudrun Kopp
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Curriculum vitae
of Gudrun Kopp, Member of the German Bundestag
Personal details
Born in Klosterneudorf in the
Gardelegen (Altmark) district
on 18 October 1950
Resident in [the State of] North Rhine-Westphalia since 1953
Resident in the town of Lage on the Lippe River, North Rhine-Westphalia
Married, two grown-up children
Professional background
Export manager, interpreter and translator (languages: English and Spanish)
Specialist areas: Economics and Electrical Engineering
Various managerial positions, including in an electrical goods company
Self-employed, freelance work
Regular business contacts with medium-sized companies through family-run business
Political background
Member of the Liberal Party (Free Democratic Party, FDP) since 1975
15 years (1979 to 1994) as Town Council Member for Lage on the Lippe River
Main areas of political activity: financial and economic policies
Chairperson of the Finance Committee; leader of the parliamentary party group
10 years (1994 to 2004) as Member of the Lippe Greater District Assembly
Offices held in the FDP political party
1990–1994: Chief Executive of Lage conurbation
1993–1996: Chairperson of the Lippe district party organisation
1995–2011: Chairperson of the East Westphalia-Lippe Borough
since 1996: Member of the FDP Executive Board of the Land [state] of North Rhine-Westphalia
Delegate at the FDP’s party conferences at district, Land [state] and national level
1998–2009: Member of both the North Rhine-Westphalia regional and the national parliamentary committees on business and labour affairs.
Member of the German Bundestag
Constituency:
Lippe 1, East Westphalia-Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia (constituency no. 136)
Member of the German Bundestag since 27 September 1998 (from the 14th electoral term onwards)
1998–2002 (14th electoral term):
Spokesperson for the FDP parliamentary group on consumer policies
Regular member of the Parliamentary Committee on Business and Technology
Member and Spokesperson for the Study Commission on Globalization of the World Economy
2001: Delegate at the WTO Conference in Doha
2002–2005 (15th electoral term):
Spokesperson for the FDP parliamentary group on energy and consumer issues
Regular member of the Parliamentary Committee on Business and Labour Affairs
2003: Delegate at the WTO Conference in CancĂșn
2005–2009 (16th electoral term):
Spokesperson for the FDP parliamentary group on energy and international trade issues
Regular member of the Parliamentary Committee on Business and Technology
Regular Member of the Sub-Committee on Regional Economic Policy
Alternate Member of the Parliamentary Committee on the Affairs of the European Union
Alternate Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
Member of the Advisory Council at the Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway
2005: Delegate at the WTO Conference in Hong Kong
since 28 October 2009: Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Other offices currently held
German Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
German Governor of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and of the Asian Development Fund (ADF)
German Governor of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and of the African Development Fund (AfDF)
German Governor of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Chair of the supervisory board of the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (German Investment and Development Company – DEG)
President of the Board of Trustees of the German Development Institute (GDI)
Member of the Foundation Council of the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF)
Other information:
During the 16th electoral term (2005 to 2009), I was a member of the following parliamentary and parliamentary interest groups:
German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group
Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America
German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group
German-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group
Discussion group on Tibet
Group of "Christians in the FDP parliamentary group"
Senior Member of the Dr. hc. Pe. Wilhelm Rossmann Foundation in Lemgo for the Promotion of the (Visually) Impaired, Education, Training and Health in Peru
Also a member of the following associations and organisations:
Philharmonic Society East Westphalia-Lippe, German Red Cross, St. John’s Ambulance, German Society for the Protection of Children, Twinning Association of the Towns of Lage and Horsham (England), Detmold and Zeitz Town Twinning Association
Member of hospice movement in the Lippe district
Member of the Local Heritage Trust of the Lippe district
Member of the Local Heritage Trust and Tourist Board of Lage-Hörste
Member of the Local Association of Reserve Officers, Augustdorf
Leisure interests/activities
Yoga, contemporary painting, archaeology (in particular ancient Mesoamerican civilisations), psychology and rock music





