16 Facts About Cornelia Pieper

Cornelia Pieper is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party.

Cornelia Pieper currently serves as German consul general in Gdansk, Poland.

Cornelia Pieper was secretary general of her party from 2001 to 2005.

Cornelia Pieper worked as an interpreter in the tourism and cultural sector until 1985, after which she was employed in the IT department at a television production company in Halle.

Cornelia Pieper was the co-founder, first chairwoman and is a member of the board of trustees of the Erhard Hubener Foundation in Saxony-Anhalt.

From 1987 to 1990, Cornelia Pieper was engaged at the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany.

From 1995 to 2011, Cornelia Pieper served as chairwoman of the FDP in Saxony-Anhalt.

Cornelia Pieper was a member of the party's federal executive board.

In May 2005, Cornelia Pieper was elected deputy chairwoman of the FDP.

Cornelia Pieper was elected top candidate of the FDP for the 2002 Saxony-Anhalt state election.

Therefore, Cornelia Pieper was one more time elected into the Landtag.

Cornelia Pieper served as a member of the Bundestag again from 2002 to 2013.

Cornelia Pieper was the chairwoman of the Committee for Education, Research and Technology Assessment from February to October 2005 and then as deputy chairwoman from November 2005 to October 2009.

Cornelia Pieper was part of the FDP delegation in the working group on education and research policy, led by Annette Schavan and Andreas Pinkwart.

From 2009 to 2013, Cornelia Pieper served as the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, responsible for cultural relations and education policy.

Since 2014, Cornelia Pieper has been serving as German consul general in Gdansk, Poland.