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Bettina Stark-Watzinger

Bundesministerin für Bildung und Forschung

Bettina Stark-Watzinger is a prominent German politician, affiliated with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). An expert in business and economics, she pursued her education in International Business Administration at Wirtschaftsuniversität, Vienna, and later earned her Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim in Business Administration. Before her political career, she worked in investment banking in London and Frankfurt. Her dedicated efforts in the political landscape culminated in her appointment as the Chairwoman of the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag in 2017. With extensive knowledge in business management and economic policy, Stark-Watzinger is a powerful voice in German economics and politics.