Ingrid Matthäus-Maier (born 9 September 1945 inWerlte) is a Germanpolitician of theSocial Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
In her childhood Matthäus-Maier lived inMülheim and went to school inDuisburg.[1] Since 1969 she was a member ofJungdemokratInnen/Junge Linke. Matthäus-Maier studied inGießen and inMünster German law.
From 1976 to 1999, Matthäus-Maier was a member of the GermanBundestag. First she was a member of German politician partyFDP. From 1979 to 1982, she chaired the Finance Committee. In 1982, she left the FDP and moved to the SPD. From 1988, she served as her parliamentary group's deputy chair under the leadership of successive chairsHans-Jochen Vogel,Hans-Ulrich Klose,Rudolf Scharping andPeter Struck.
After she left the Bundestag, Matthäus-Maier became a member of theboard of directors atKreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). In April 2008, she resigned after 18 months as chief executive for health reasons and retired from the board of management at 63.[2] At the time, she was facing criticism over her handling of the crisis atIKB.[3]
Matthäus-Maier is married with mathematician Robert Maier and has two sons.[4]
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