Marie Schlei | |
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 Marie Schlei in 1975 | |
| Minister of Economic Cooperation | |
| In office 15 December 1976 – 6 February 1978 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Egon Bahr |
| Succeeded by | Rainer Offergeld |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Stabenow 26 November 1919 Reetz/Neumark,Weimar Germany |
| Died | 21 May 1983(1983-05-21) (aged 63) West Berlin,West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Children | 1 |
Marie Schlei (née: Stabenow; 26 November 1919 – 21 May 1983) was a German politician and a member ofSocial Democratic Party (SPD). She served as minister of economic cooperation from 1976 to 1978, being the first female head of the ministry.[1]
She was born Marie Stabenow in Reetz, Pommern, on 26 November 1919.[2][3] She attended secondary school and worked in various jobs, including saleswoman, postal clerk and local government clerk.[3] She left her hometown in 1945 and settled first inWeserbergland and then in Berlin.[3]
Schlei began to work as a teacher in Berlin and became a school administrator of a school in the Berlin'sWedding quarter. Next she worked as a school inspector.[3]
Schlei joined the SPD in 1949.[3] She was elected to the Bundestag for the party representing Berlin in 1969. She held the post until 1983.[4] She was the parliamentary state secretary in the premier's office from 1974 to 1976.[5][6]
Schlei was appointed minister of economic cooperation to thecabinet led byPrime MinisterHelmut Schmidt on 15 December 1976, replacingEgon Bahr in the post.[7] Her appointment was not welcomed by theGerman media due to being a woman.[7] On 16 February 1978, she was replaced byRainer Offergeld in the post.[5][8]
She married in 1940, and her husband died in 1943 while fighting in World War II.[3] She had a son from this marriage.[3] Schlei died of cancer in West Berlin on 21 May 1983.[2][4]
In 1984, the Marie Schlei Association was founded inHamburg for her memory to help women inAfrica,Asia andLatin America.[9][10] The association develops projects to this end.[9]
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