Annette Schavan

Annette Schavan
Minister of Education and Research
In office 22 November 2005 – 14 February 2013
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Edelgard Bulmahn
Succeeded by	Johanna Wanka
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Baden-Württemberg
In office 19 July 1995 – 5 October 2005
Preceded by	Marianne Schultz-Hector [de]
Succeeded by	Helmut Rau [de]
Personal details
Born	(1955-06-10) 10 June 1955 (age 68) Jüchen, West Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Alma mater	University of Bonn University of Düsseldorf
Profession	Theologian
Website	annette-schavan.de

Annette Schavan (pronounced [aˈnɛtə ʃaˈvaːn] ^ⓘ; born 10 June 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Federal Minister of Education and Research in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005 to 2013, when she resigned following the revocation of her doctorate due to plagiarism. From 2014 until 2018 she served as the German Ambassador to the Holy See. From April 2018, she also briefly served as first German Ambassador to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.^[1]

Throughout her political career, Schavan was widely known to be a friend and a confidante of Merkel's.^[2][3]