Ms. Edelgard Bulmahn MP

In the federal state of Lower Saxony, she served as party leader from 1998 to 2003. In parliament, she chaired the Committee for Education, Science, Research and Technology in the 1990s and was elected spokeswoman for education and research of the SPD parliamentary group. From 1998 to 2005, she served as German Federal Minister of Education and Research. During this time, she initiated the founding of the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF). From 2005 to 2009, Edelgard Bulmahn chaired the Committee on Economics and Technology.

Since 2009, she is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. She is also the SPD spokeswoman on the Subcommittee for Civilian Conflict Prevention and Cross-Linked Security and a member of the foundation board of the Berghof Foundation for Conflict Studies.