Johanna Wanka

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (April 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Johanna Wanka]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Johanna Wanka}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Johanna Wanka
Federal Minister of Education and Research
In office 14 February 2013 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Annette Schavan
Succeeded by	Anja Karliczek
Minister of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony
In office 27 April 2010 – 13 February 2013
Prime Minister	David McAllister
Preceded by	Lutz Stratmann
Succeeded by	Gabriele Heinen-Kljajić
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Brandenburg
In office 29 October 2008 – 27 April 2010
Preceded by	Ulrich Junghanns
Succeeded by	Saskia Ludwig
Deputy Minister President of Brandenburg
In office 4 November 2008 – 4 November 2009
Prime Minister	Matthias Platzeck
Preceded by	Ulrich Junghanns
Succeeded by	Helmuth Markov
Minister of Science, Research and Culture of Brandenburg
In office 17 October 2000 – 4 November 2009
Prime Minister	Matthias Platzeck
Preceded by	Wolfgang Hackel
Succeeded by	Sabine Kunst
Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg
In office 19 September 2004 – 27 April 2010
Personal details
Born	(1951-04-01) 1 April 1951 (age 73) Rosenfeld, East Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Spouse	Gert Wanka [de]
Children	2
Alma mater	Leipzig University

Johanna Wanka (née Müller; born 1 April 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Minister for Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018. From 2000 to 2009, she served as Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the state of Brandenburg, then from 2010 to 2013 she served as Minister of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony, in the Cabinet McAllister.