query: german female politicians

positive: Andrea Fischer Andrea Fischer (born January 14, 1960 in Arnsberg/Westfalen) was a member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 Federal Minister for Health. She dropped out of the Bundestag in 2002.After an apprenticeship and the job as offset printer Fischer studied economics.

positive: Andrea Nahles Andrea Maria Nahles (born 20 June 1970 in Mendig, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician, currently Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (since 2013), a Bundestag representative for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and former SPD Youth leader.  She is known within the party for criticising Gerhard Schröder's Agenda 2010 and is thus identified with the SPD's left wing.

positive: Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German politician and former research scientist who has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and the Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000. She is the first woman to hold either office.Having earned a doctorate as a physical chemist, Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as a deputy spokesperson for the first democratically elected East German Government in 1990.

positive: Angelika Beer Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957 in Kiel) is a German politician.2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. She was chair of the delegation for relations with Iran and a member on the delegation for relations with Afghanistan and the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Foreign Affairs committee and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence.

positive: Angelika Volquartz Angelika Volquartz (born 2 September 1946 in Uelzen, Lower Saxony) was the mayor of Kiel, Germany from 2003 til 2009. She was Kiel's first female mayor.

positive: Anja Hajduk Anja Hajduk (born 8 June 1963 in Duisburg) is a German politician. She has been a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens since 1995.

positive: Anja Weisgerber Anja Weisgerber (born on 11 March 1976) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Bavaria with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.She is a substitute for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, a member of the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU–Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.

positive: Annemarie Renger Annemarie Renger (née Wildung), (7 October 1919 in Leipzig – 3 March 2008 in Remagen-Oberwinter), was a German politician for the “Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands” (Social Democratic Party of Germany - SPD).In 1972 she was the first woman to become President of the Bundestag.

positive: Annette Schavan About this sound Annette Schavan  (born 10 June 1955) is a German politician (CDU). She was the Federal Minister of Education and Research from 2005 to 2013, when she resigned following the revocation of her doctorate due to plagiarism. She currently serves as the German ambassador to the Holy See.

positive: Antje Blumenthal Antje Blumenthal (born 25 December 1947 in Itzehoe) is a German politician and member of the CDU. From 2001 to 2009, she was a member of the Bundestag.

positive: Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born May 31, 1943) is a German politician of the German Green Party. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the Bundestag.She was born in Lübbecke (Westphalia) and studied theology. From 1971 to 1974 she worked as a pastor in Berlin-Wedding, later as a teacher in an adult education center. In 1985 she joined the Green Party, even though she already had been in the Bundestag since 1983 for that party.

positive: Barbara Stamm Barbara Stamm (born 29 October 1944 in Bad Mergentheim) is a German politician of the CSU. She joined the CSU in 1969, and is currently vice-chair of the CSU and president of the Bavarian parliament.She is a former member of the town council of Würzburg (1972-1987).From 1994 until 2001 she was Bavarian health-minister. And from 1994 to 2001 she also was vice-minister-president of Bavaria. She is current president of the Landtag of Bavaria.She is a pedagogue.

positive: Birgit Schnieber-Jastram Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (born July 4, 1946 in Hamburg) is a German politician and representative of the German Christian Democratic Union.She attended several schools in Hamburg (1953–1966), worked as a woman editor, and is married with 2 children.Since 1981, Schnieber-Jastram has been a member of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

positive: Birgitt Bender Birgitt "Biggi" Bender (born 28 December 1956 in Düsseldorf) is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.Bender studied law in Cologne, Geneva and in Freiburg and finished her studies 1984. From 1988 to 2001 Bender was a member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. Since 2002 Bender has been a member of the Bundestag in Berlin. She is openly lesbian.She contested the 2009 election in the Stuttgart II district, but was unsuccessful.

positive: Brigitte Zypries Brigitte Zypries (born 16 November 1953) is a German politician. Since 2013, she has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, where she coordinates Germany's aviation and space policies. Previously, she was Federal Minister of Justice of Germany from 2002 to 2009 and State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1998 to 2002. She is member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

positive: Christel Augenstein Christel Augenstein (born 15 July 1949 in Erfurt) is a member of the Free Democratic Party. From 2001 until 23 July 2009 she was the mayor of Pforzheim, Germany and the city's first female mayor.Her successor is Gert Hager of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

positive: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (born 11 December 1963) is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of 25 doubles titles.

positive: Claudia Roth Claudia Roth (born 15 May 1955 in Ulm) is a German Green Party politician. She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and currently serves as one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag.

positive: Cornelia Behm Cornelia Behm (born 20 September 1951 in Kleinmachnow, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg) is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.

positive: Dagmar Wöhrl Dagmar Gabriele Wöhrl, born as Winkler (born May 5, 1954 in Stein, Bavaria) is a German politician with the CSU.

positive: Doris Barnett Doris Barnett (born 22 May 1953 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German politician and member of the SPD.

positive: Edelgard Bulmahn Edelgard Bulmahn (born 4 March 1951 in Petershagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).  Bulmahn entered the German Bundestag after the 1987 elections. She was Federal Minister of Education and Research from 1998 to  2005. On 22 October 2013 she was elected as one of the Vice Presidents of the Bundestag.

positive: Ekin Deligöz Ekin Deligöz (born 21 April 1971 in Tokat, Turkey) is a Turkish-German politician, member of Alliance '90/The Greens. She currently serves as a member of the German Bundestag.

positive: Elisabeth Jeggle Elisabeth Jeggle (born  21 July 1947) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg. She is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

positive: Elisabeth Schroedter Elisabeth Schroedter (b. 11 March 1959, Dresden) is a German politician and has been a Member of the European Parliament in the Alliance '90/The Greens from 1994 to 2014.

positive: Elke Twesten Elke Twesten (born 7 June 1963 in Scheeßel) is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens.She was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2008.

positive: Elly Heuss-Knapp Elisabeth Eleonore Anna Justine "Elly" Heuss-Knapp, (née Knapp; 25 January 1881 – 19 July 1952), was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), social reformer, author and wife of German president Theodor Heuss. She was the founder of the Müttergenesungswerk charitable organisation officially called Elly Heuss-Knapp Foundation in her honour.

positive: Else Schmitt Else Marie Sofie Schmitt (May 2, 1921 in Brühl, Germany – March 22, 1995 in Cologne, Germany) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She served  as member of city council of Cologne (1961–1984) as well as the first female deputy mayor (1969–1975) of the city.

positive: Erika Mann (politician) Erika Mann (born 2 November 1950 in Leipzig) is a German politician and was a Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1994 - 2004. She was part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.She was present at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai during the 2008 terror attacks.She was a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

positive: Erika Steinbach About this sound Erika Steinbach  (born 25 July 1943) is a German conservative politician and was the president of the Federation of Expellees from 1998 to 2014. She has been representing the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the state of Hesse as a member of the Parliament of Germany, the Bundestag, since 1990. She represents the constituency of Frankfurt am Main II, and she is the spokeswoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group on human rights and humanitarian aid.

positive: Evelyne Gebhardt Evelyne Gebhardt (born 19 January 1954 in Paris) is a German politician. Since 1994 she has been a Member of the European Parliament representing the SPD. Her main interests are bio-ethics, consumer protection and citizens' rights.Ms Gebhardt studied at the University Paris Diderot, the University of Tübingen and the University of Stuttgart, studying linguistics, political science and political economy. She subsequently worked as a freelance translator, and moved to Germany in 1975.

positive: Ewa Klamt Ewa Klamt (b. 26 May 1950, Straubing) is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Lower Saxony. She is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. In April 2010, she replaced Astrid Grotelüschen as representative of Delmenhorst – Wesermarsch – Oldenburg-Land in the Bundestag, the German federal parliament.

positive: Feleknas Uca Feleknas Uca (born 17 September 1976) is a Yazidi Kurdish politician active in Germany and Turkey. From 1999 to 2009, she was member of the European Parliament from Germany, serving with Die Linke. Feleknas Uca was at one time the world's only Yazidi parliamentarian until the Iraqi legislature was elected in 2005. In June 2015, she was elected as a Member of Parliament in Turkey representing Diyarbakır.

positive: Filiz Polat Filiz Polat (born 11 July 1978 in Bramsche, Lower Saxony) is a German politician of Turkish descent for the Alliance '90/The Greens.

positive: Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic (born 28 May 1962 in Gemünd) is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens.She was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2003, and has been re-elected in 2008 and 2013. On February 19, 2013, she was sworn in as state minister for science and culture in the administration of Stephan Weil.

positive: Gabriele Wülker Gabriele Wülker (16 July 1911 - 10 October 2001), was a German Politician. She was the State Secretary of Youth and Family Affairs from 1957 to 1959. She was the first of her gender in this position of her country.

positive: Gesine Lötzsch Gesine Lötzsch [geˈsinə løːtʃ] (born August 7, 1961) is a German politician of the left-wing party Die Linke "\The Left").  In 2010, with Klaus Ernst, she was elected president of the party.Born at Berlin-Lichtenberg in what then was East Germany, Lötzsch joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 1984 and continued a member of its successor parties:  the SED-PDS (1989–1990), the PDS, (1990–2005), Die Linkspartei.PDS (2005–2007), and from 2007, Die Linke.

positive: Gesine Meißner Gesine Meißner (or Meissner; born 22 February 1952 in Uelzen) is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party.

positive: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (born 18 June 1947, Etterbeek, Belgium) is a German politician and a Member of the European Parliament for Lower Saxony (since 1989) and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the European People's Party (EPP).She focuses on international trade and foreign affairs. She committed herself to helping companies by cutting back EU regulations and by fighting against discriminating economic rules from non-EU-countries.

positive: Grietje Staffelt Grietje Staffelt (née Bettin, born 16 July 1975 in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German politician and a former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Federal Diet of Germany.Staffelt has been an MP since 3 April 2000, when she replaced Klaus Müller, who retired. She has been the Media Affairs spokesperson for the Green Party parliamentary group since 2000. Between 2002 and 2005 she also served as education spokesperson.

positive: Heide Simonis Heide Simonis (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪdə ziˈmoːnɪs]; born July 4, 1943 in Bonn as Heide Steinhardt) is a German politician. She is a member of the SPD.She was Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1993 to 2005, the first woman to hold this position in any German state in Germany's history.

positive: Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (born November 21, 1942 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party since 1965.

positive: Heidi Lück Heidi Lück née Pfeifer (born 6 April 1943) is a German social-democratic (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands SPD) politician and member of the Bavarian state parliament (Bayerischer Landtag) in the Sonthofen-Lindau electoral constituency.

positive: Heike Wilms-Kegel Heike Wilms-Kegel (born October 19, 1952 in Bremen) served in the Bundestag for the German Green Party from 1987 to 1990.She represented Rhineland-Palatinate.  In 1996, she was a physician and was hired as the administrator for the Heilbäderverband, a lobby organization for spas and rehabilitation clinics, based in Bonn.

positive: Helene Lange Helene Lange (9 April 1848, Oldenburg - 13 May 1930, Berlin) was a pedagogue and feminist. She is a symbolic figure of the German civil rights feminist movement. In the years from 1919 to 1921 she was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. In 1928 she was honoured with the Grand Prussian State Medal (großen preußischen Staatsmedaille) "For Services to the State".

positive: Helga Trüpel Helga Trüpel (*21. July 1958 in Moers, Germany) is a German politician). From 1991 to 1995 she has been minister for Culture and the integration of immigrants in the City State of Bremen. Since 2004 she is a Member of the European Parliament.

positive: Hilde Schramm Hilde Schramm (born 17 April 1936) is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). Internationally she is best known as the daughter of the German architect, senior Nazi Party official  Albert Speer (1905-1981), and younger sister of Albert Speer, Jr.

positive: Hiltrud Breyer Hiltrud Breyer (born 22 August 1957) is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament with the German Green Party, part of the European Greens and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and its Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.She is a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee.

positive: Ina Korter Ina Korter (born 8 January 1955 in Nordenham, Lower Saxony) is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens.

positive: Julia Reda Julia Reda (born 30 November 1986) is a German politician and activist. She has been a Member of the European Parliament representing Germany since 2014, and she also serves as a Vice-President of the Greens/EFA group. She is also the president of the Young Pirates of Europe.

positive: Jutta Haug Jutta Dorothea Haug (born on 8 October 1951 in Castrop-Rauxel)is a German politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany,part of the Socialist Group and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.She is a substitute for theCommittee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, substitute for theDelegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee.

positive: Jutta Limbach Jutta Limbach (born 27 March 1934 in Berlin) is a German jurist and politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

positive: Karin Evers-Meyer Karin Evers-Meyer (born 10 September 1949 in Neuenburg, Lower Saxony) is a German politician of the SPD.

positive: Karin Wolff Karin Wolff (b. 23 February 1959 in Darmstadt) is a German politician and vice-president of Hesse.Wolff studied history, evangelical theology and philosophy at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Philipps-Universität Marburg. She finished university and worked as a teacher in Darmstadt.In 1976 Wolff became a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union.

positive: Katja Kipping Katja Kipping (born 18 January 1978 in Dresden) is a German politician who is chairperson of the Left Party and a member of the Bundestag (German Parliament).

positive: Katrin Göring-Eckardt Katrin Dagmar Göring-Eckardt (born Katrin Dagmar Eckardt on 3 May 1966 in Friedrichroda, Thuringia [then part of East Germany]), better known as Katrin Göring-Eckardt, is a German politician from the German Green Party (officially known as Alliance '90/The Greens; German: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen).  Starting her political activity in the now-former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in the late 1980s, she has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1998.

positive: Kristina Schröder Kristina Schröder (née Köhler, born 3 August 1977) is a German politician who served as the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2009 to 2013. She has served as a Member of Parliament since 2002.

positive: Lissy Gröner Lissy Gröner (born on 31 May 1954 in Langenfeld) is a German politician and since 1989 Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.She is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

positive: List of German politicians A list of German politicians and party members by political party:List of Bavarian Christian Social Union politiciansList of Bavarian People's Party politiciansList of German Centre Party politiciansList of German Christian Democratic Union politiciansList of German Communist Party politiciansList of German Democratic Party politiciansList of German Free Democratic Party politiciansList of German Green Party politiciansList of German National People's Party politiciansList of Independent Social Democratic Party politiciansList of German Left Party politiciansList of Liberal Democratic Party of Germany politiciansList of National Democratic Party of Germany politiciansList of Nazi Party membersList of Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians

positive: Louise Schroeder Louise Dorothea Schroeder (2 April 1887 in Altona (Elbe) – 4 June 1957 in Berlin) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) party. She was the first female member of the Weimar National Assembly during the Weimar Republic. An educator and activist central in the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Workers Welfare Institution) movement, and she was under scrutiny of the Nazi Party during the 1930s and 1940s for her socialist positions.

positive: Magda Goebbels Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion and political supporter of Adolf Hitler.

positive: Margot Honecker Margot Honecker (née Feist; born 17 April 1927) is a former East German politician, who was a very important member of the political scene in the Socialist Unity Party. From 1963 until 1989, she was Minister of Education "\Volksbildung") of the GDR.

positive: Maria Böhmer Maria Böhmer (born 23 April 1950 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag for the CDU. Under the leadership of Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, she currently serves as Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office, primarily responsible for cultural relations and education policy.

positive: Marie Baum Marie Baum (1874–1964), was a German politician (social democrat) and social worker. She was one of the first of her gender in the German Parliament. She was a pioneer within German welfare and workers security.

positive: Marie Elisabeth Lüders Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (June 25, 1878 – March 23, 1966) was a German politician and one of the most important figures in the German women's rights movement.Lüders was born in Berlin as the descendant of the 18th century agricultural reformer Philipp Ernst Lüders. Her father was a senior Prussian civil servant.Lüders was the first woman to attain a doctorate in political science in Germany (in 1912, at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, today known as Humboldt University of Berlin).

positive: Marie Juchacz Marie Juchacz; née Marie Gohlke (born Landsberg an der Warthe 15 March 1879 : died Düsseldorf 28 January 1956) was a German social reformer.She joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1908, more than ten years before women acquired the right to vote, and pursued a career that included politics, becoming, in 1919, the first female Reichstag member to address a German parliament.

positive: Marieluise Beck Marieluise Beck (born 25 June 1952 in Bramsche, Lower Saxony) is a German politician and member of the Alliance '90/The Greens group in the Bundestag. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

positive: Marion Caspers-Merk Marion Caspers-Merk (born 24 April 1955 in Mannheim) is a German politician and member of the SPD. She was a member of the Bundestag, representing Lörrach – Müllheim, and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Health.  Alongside other prominent figures such as Kofi Annan and Javier Solana, Caspers-Merk currently serves on the Global Commission on Drug Policy which advocates reformed approaches in drug policy such as the legalization of cannabis.

positive: Mathilde Wurm Mathilde Wurm (30 September 1874 – 1 April 1935) was a German politician, social worker and journalist. She represented the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany in the Reichstag from 1920 to 1933.

positive: Mechtild Rothe Mechtild Rothe (born on 10 August 1947 in Paderborn)is a German politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany,part of the Socialist Group and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.She is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a member of theDelegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe and a substitute for theDelegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

positive: Melanie Oßwald Melanie Oßwald (born 1 June 1976 in Nuremberg) is a German politician and a former member of the Bundestag with the CSU.From 1996 to 2000 she studied graphic design at the College of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. She entered the Junge Union in 1992 and the CSU in 2000. In 2002 she campaigned for election to the Bundestag, but narrowly lost. However, since Edmund Stoiber did not accept his Bundestag mandate due to his defeat by Gerhard Schröder, she nevertheless managed to advance.

positive: Michaele Schreyer Michaele Schreyer (born 9 August 1951 in Cologne)  was a commissioner of the European Commission from September 1999 to November 2004.  She was in charge of the budget portfolio.  A citizen of Germany, she is member German Green Party.Since 2006 Schreyer is Vice President of European Movement Germany. Schreyer is co-author (with Lutz Mez) of the publication "ERENE – European Community for Renewable Energy".

positive: Miriam Staudte Miriam Staudte (born 4 November 1975 in Kiel) is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens.She was elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008.

positive: Otto Rühle Otto Rühle (23 October 1874 in Großschirma – 24 June 1943 in Mexico) was a German Marxist active in opposition to both the First and Second World Wars, and a founder along with Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg, Franz Mehring and others of the group and magazine Internationale, which posed a revolutionary internationalism against a world of warring states, and also the Spartacist League (Spartakusbund in German) in 1916.The Spartacist League took an oppositional stance to Leninism, and was attacked by the Bolsheviks for inconsistency.

positive: Petra Kelly Petra Karin Kelly (29 November 1947 – 1 October 1992) was a German politician and activist. She was instrumental in founding the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence worldwide.

positive: Petra Pau Petra Pau (born 9 August 1963) is a member of The Left in the German parliament, the Bundestag. First elected in 1998, from 2002 to 2005 she was one of just two party representatives, having been directly elected as the representative of Berlin Marzahn – Hellersdorf, a working-class area of east Berlin. She is currently one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag and belongs to the reform-oriented members of her party, actively supporting parliamentary representative democracy.

positive: Petra Roth Petra Roth (born 9 May 1944 in Bremen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the mayor of Frankfurt am Main from 1995 to 2012. In addition she twice served as president of the Deutscher Städtetag, resuming her previous post there in 2009. The group is the head organization and lobby group for all German cities vis-à-vis the Cabinet of Germany, the German Bundestag, the Bundesrat of Germany, the European Union (EU) and many organizations.

positive: Rebecca Harms Rebecca Harms (born 7 December 1956) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. Since 2010 she has been the president of The Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European parliament.

positive: Regine Hildebrandt Regine Hildebrandt (April 26, 1941 – November 26, 2001), born as Regine Radischewski in Berlin, Germany, was a German biologist and politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany).

positive: Renate Blank Renate Anna Blank (née Reichenberger; born 8 August 1941 in Nuremberg) is a German politician and member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

positive: Renate Künast Renate Künast (born 15 December 1955) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005 and subsequently served as chairwoman of the her party's parliamentary group in the Bundestag.

positive: Renate Schmidt Renate Schmidt (née Pokorny, born 12 December 1943 in Hanau) is a German Social Democratic politician.

positive: Renate Sommer Renate Sommer (born 10 September 1958, Bochum) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia. She is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

positive: Rita Süssmuth Rita Süssmuth (born 17 February 1937) is a German politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).From 1985 to 1988, Süssmuth was Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth under Chancellor Helmut Kohl. She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1987 to 2002. After the resignation of Philipp Jenninger in 1988 she became President of the Bundestag.

positive: Ruth Fuchs Ruth Fuchs, née Gamm (born 14 December 1946 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s.Her personal best throw was 69.96 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in April 1980 in Split.

positive: Ruth Hieronymi Ruth Hieronymi (b. 8 November 1947, Bonn) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia. She is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

positive: Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Sabine Bergmann-Pohl née Schulz (born 20 April 1946 in Eisenach, Thuringia) is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the People's Chamber of East Germany from April to October 1990.  As such, she served as acting head of state of East Germany until its merger into West Germany in October. After the reunification of Germany, she served in the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

positive: Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (born 13 February 1975 in Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician and member of the SPD.

positive: Sabine Jünger Sabine Jünger (born 21 May 1973 in Königs Wusterhausen) is a German politician for The Left Party.PDS.Jünger studied theology and changed to legal science in Berlin in 1992. She started political work in 1991, while still in school. In 1992, Jünger became a member of The Left Party.PDS. In 1994, she was elected to the parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

positive: Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger [zaˈbiːnə ˈlɔʏthɔʏsɐ ˈʃnaʀənˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ] (born 26 July 1951) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party and a prominent advocate of human rights in Germany and Europe. Within the FDP, she is a leading figure of the social-liberal wing. She served as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany from 1992 to 1996 in the cabinet of Helmut Kohl and again in the second Merkel cabinet from 2009 to 2013.

positive: Sabine Lösing Sabine Lösing (born 30 November 1955) is a German politician. Since 2009, she has been a Member of the European Parliament for Die Linke, where she has responsibility for foreign and security policy. In February 2013, she was elected as chairwoman of the Die Linke state association in Lower Saxony.

positive: Sabine Wils Sabine Wils (born 31 May 1959) is a German politician. Since 2009, she has been a Member of the European Parliament for Die Linke.

positive: Sarah Sorge Sarah Sorge (born 26 August 1969 in Frankfurt) is a German politician. She is a member of Alliance 90 a member of the German green party, and has been a representative for the state parliament of Hesse since 2001. Sorge studied political science from 1989 to 1997 at the University of Frankfurt. She has been a member of Alliance '90/The Greens since 1993, and was an active member of the Green Youth.

positive: Sevim Dağdelen Sevim Dağdelen (born 4 September 1975) is a German politician of Turkish origin and a member of the Left Party (die Linkspartei).

positive: Sibyll-Anka Klotz Sibyll-Anka Klotz (born 1961, in Berlin) is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the parliament of Berlin.Klotz studied philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin in Berlin.Since 1991 Klotz has been member of the parliament in Berlin until 2006. Klotz lives with her daughter, and she lives openly as a lesbian.

positive: Silke Stokar von Neuforn Silke Stokar von Neuforn (born May 10, 1953 in Kleinvollstedt) is a German politician (Greens). She has been a member of the German Parliament since 2002. From 1994 to 2002 she was a member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony.

positive: Silvana Koch-Mehrin Esther Silvana Koch-Mehrin (born 17 November 1970 in Wuppertal) is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany. Until May 2011, she was Vice Chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She is a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.

positive: Ska Keller Franziska Maria "Ska" Keller (German pronunciation: [fʁanˈtsɪskɑː (skɑː) ˈkɛlɐ]; born 22 November 1981) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Alliance '90/The Greens.Keller specializes in the issues of migration and the EU's relations with Turkey.Since 2001 she has been a member of the Green Youth. From 2005 to 2007 she was spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens. In 2002 she joined the German Greens.

positive: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann Dr. Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (born 23 January 1955 in Berlin) was a German Member of the European Parliament. She was elected on the PDS  ticket and sat with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group.Dr. Kaufmann is a qualified Japanologist.

positive: Ulla Schmidt Ursula "Ulla" Schmidt (born June 13, 1949) is a German politician who currently serves as Vice-President of the German Bundestag. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

positive: Ursula Helmhold Ursula Helmhold (born 26 April 1966 in Recklinghausen) is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens.She was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in 2003, and has been re-elected on one occasion.

positive: Ursula von der Leyen Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen, née Albrecht (born 8 October 1958 in Brussels) is a German politician who has been the Minister of Defence since 2013, and is the first woman in German history to hold that office. A physician by profession, she previously also served as the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and as the Minister of Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2005 to 2009.

negative: Adolf Bauser Adolf Bauser (11 December 1880 in Entringen, Württemberg – 16 November 1948 in Stuttgart) was a German teacher,  member of the Reichstag for the Reich Party for Civil Rights and Deflation and delegate for the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Württemberg-Baden.Bauser came to politics in the German Empire as a member of the Progressive People's Party and following the establishment of the Weimar Republic he switched to the German Democratic Party.

negative: Albrecht von Graefe (politician) Albrecht von Gräfe, often Anglicized as Graefe  (1 January 1868 – 18 April 1933), was a German landowner and right-wing politician active both during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. Although never a member of the Nazi Party he was an early associate of Adolf Hitler and for a while appeared a credible rival for the leadership of the overall Völkisch movement.

negative: Alexandra Buch Alexandra Buch is a German female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. She won Jewels' tournament Rough Stone Grand Prix 2009 at the -60 kg category.

negative: Alfred Hugenberg Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg (19 June 1865 – 12 March 1951) was an influential German businessman and politician. A leading figure in nationalist politics in Germany for the first few decades of the twentieth century, he became the country's leading media proprietor during the inter-war period.

negative: Angela Gossow Angela Nathalie Gossow (born 5 November 1974) is a German vocalist, best known as the former lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Her other previous bands include Asmodina and Mistress. She is considered to be one of the few successful female metal singers to use growling as her primary singing style.

negative: Ania Fucz Ania Fucz (born (1981-07-18)July 18, 1981) is a German female kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Polish descent, based in Würselen, Germany. She competes professionally since 2005 and is the current ISKA Welterweight champion and mixed martial artist.

negative: Annette Schwarz Annette Schwarz (born 26 March 1984 as Annette Schönlaub in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a German pornographic actress and fetish model.

negative: Barbara Lahr Barbara Lahr (* Sept. 25, 1957 in Kaiserslautern ) is a German singer, composer, bassist, guitarist, and producer best known for her collaboration with German Nu Jazz group De Phazz.

negative: Bodo Uhse Bodo Uhse (12 March 1904 in Rastatt, Grand Duchy of Baden - 2 July 1963 in Berlin) was a German writer, journalist and political activist. He was recognised as one of the most prominent authors in East Germany.

negative: Chikage Oogi Chikage Oogi (扇 千景, Ōgi Chikage), real name Hiroko Hayashi (林 寛子, Hayashi Hiroko) (born 10 May 1933 as Hiroko Kimura (木村 寛子, Kimura Hiroko)), is a Japanese actress and politician. During her 30-year-long political career, she served in some important posts. She became the first female President of the House of Councillors in 2004.Her pseudonymous surname is also spelled Ogi, Ōgi and Ohgi for a variety of Hepburn romanization systems. She herself uses Oogi.

negative: Christa Luding-Rothenburger Christa Luding-Rothenburger (née Rothenburger, born 4 December 1959) is a former speed skater and track cyclist. She was born in Weißwasser, East Germany. Luding is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and the first female to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Games.

negative: Christian Mergenthaler Julius Christian Mergenthaler (8 November  1884 - † 11 September 1980), was a Nazi German politician, member of the Reichstag and Württemberg Landtag, Ministerpräsident of Württemberg and Culture Minister.

negative: Cilly Aussem Cilly Aussem (German pronunciation: [ˈʦiːli̯ə ˈaʊ̯sm]; Cologne, 4 January 1909 – 22 March 1963 in Portofino, Italy) was a German female tennis player.She was the first German, male or female, to win the singles title at Wimbledon in 1931. She also won the women's single titles at the French Championships and German Championships in 1931. Aussem's coach and mixed doubles partner was Bill Tilden. They won the mixed doubles title at the 1930 French Championships.According to A.

negative: Corona Schröter Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (14 January 1751 – 23 August 1802) was a German musician best known as a singer. She also composed songs, setting texts by Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to music.

negative: Daniela Katzenberger Daniela Denise Katzenberger (born 1 October 1986) is a German reality TV personality, actress, restaurateur, singer, television presenter, and model. Her first single, a version of Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now reached number 19 in the German single charts in 2010. She has featured in several television shows in Germany, mostly on VOX.

negative: Dora Gerson Dora Gerson (23 March 1899 – 14 February 1943) was a Jewish German cabaret singer and motion picture actress of the silent film era who died with her family at Auschwitz concentration camp.

negative: Elli Erl Elli Erl (born Elisabeth Maria Erl on 25 May 1979 in Straubing, Bavaria) is a German musician, who came to fame as the winner of the second season of the television show  Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of Pop Idol.

negative: Eugen Richter Eugen Richter (July 30, 1838 in Düsseldorf – March 10, 1906 in Lichterfelde, Berlin) was a German politician and journalist in Imperial Germany. He was one of the leading advocates of liberalism in the Prussian Diet and the German Reichstag.

negative: Eva Padberg Eva Padberg (born 27 January 1980) is a German fashion model, singer, and actress.Padberg was born in Bad Frankenhausen and grew up in Rottleben, Germany. In 1995, she applied for Bravo's Boy & Girl contest; she made it among the best ten models and gained the opportunity to do a test shooting for Louisa Models in Munich. In 1998, after having finished her Abitur, she started her professionel model career. Eva worked in Paris, Tokyo, and New York, e.g.

negative: Friede Springer Friede Springer (born Friede Riewerts on 15 August 1942 in Oldsum on the island of Föhr) is a German publisher and widow of Axel Springer.Being a Frisian gardener's daughter, she worked as a nanny at the Springer family's home from 1965 on and later became Springer's lover and eventual partner. In 1978 she became Springer's fifth (and final) wife.

negative: Friedrich Kapp Friedrich Kapp (13 April 1824 – 27 October 1884) was a German-American lawyer, writer, and politician. He was an outspoken opponent of Germany's colonization fervor during his time as a National Liberal Reichstag deputy. This was exemplified in his speech to the annual Congress of German Economists. Kapp stressed both the unprofitability of colonies and their negative impact on Anglo-German relations.

negative: Friedrich von Payer Friedrich von Payer (12 June 1847 – 14 July 1931) was a German lawyer, liberal politician and vice-chancellor of Germany during the last year of World War I. He was born in Tübingen and was educated at the seminary at Blaubeuren, returning to his home town to study law in 1865. Having completed his university education, he worked as a lawyer in Stuttgart and was first elected to the Reichstag in 1877.

negative: Gustav Stresemann About this sound Gustav Stresemann  (May 10, 1878 – October 3, 1929) was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor in 1923 (for a brief period of 102 days) and Foreign Minister 1923–1929, during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926.Stresemann's politics defy easy categorization. Arguably, his most notable achievement was the reconciliation between Germany and France, for which he and Aristide Briand received the Nobel Peace Prize.

negative: Heide Orth Heide Orth (born as Heide Schildknecht, 10 August 1942) is a tennis player from Germany.Heide grew up in Essen in the industrial Ruhr valley and began playing tennis with her father at the age of 13. Her first important success was winning the West German Junior Championship in 1960. Later Heide competed on the international women's circuit for many years and she played for the German national Fed Cup team 15 times.

negative: Heide Rühle About this sound Heide Rühle  (born 5 November 1948 in Heilbronn) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens.

negative: Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪ.kə ga.bʁiˈe.la ˈdʁɛks.lɐ] née Daute (born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.  She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump (1992 and 2000).

negative: Heinrich Rau Heinrich Gottlob "Heiner" Rau (2 April 1899 – 23 March 1961) was a German communist politician during the time of the Weimar Republic; subsequently, during the Spanish Civil War, he was a leading member of the International Brigades and after World War II an East German statesman.Rau grew up in a suburb of Stuttgart, where early on he became active in socialist youth organizations. After military service in World War I, he participated in the German Revolution of 1918-19.

negative: Heinrich Schnee Heinrich Albert Schnee (February 4, 1871 - June 23, 1949) was a German lawyer, colonial civil servant, politician, writer, and association official. He served as the last Governor of German East Africa.

negative: Heinrich Vogeler Heinrich Vogeler (December 12, 1872 – 1942) was a German painter, designer, and architect, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

negative: Helene Fischer Helene Fischer (born 5 August 1984) is a Russian-born German singer and entertainer. Since her debut in 2005 she has won numerous awards, including eight Echo awards, four "Die Krone der Volksmusik" awards and the Bambi award. According to record certifications she has sold at least 9,115,000 albums. In June 2014, her multi platinum 2013 album "Farbenspiel" became the most legally downloaded album by a German artist of all time.

negative: Hellmut von Gerlach Hellmut Georg von Gerlach (February 2, 1866 – August 1, 1935) was a German journalist and politician.

negative: Herta Däubler-Gmelin Herta Däubler-Gmelin (German: [ˈhɛʁta ˈdɔʏblɐˈɡmeːliːn]; born 12 August 1943) is a former German Minister of Justice.

negative: Hülya Şahin Hülya Şahin, aka Julia "Sunshine" Sahin, (born February 23, 1974 in Siegen, Germany) is a Turkish professional female boxer with German passport. She is a former world champion in kick boxing and was world champion in amateur boxing as well. As of September 1, 2007, she is the undefeated WIBF world junior flyweight (48 kg) champion. The 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) tall sportswoman lives in Cologne, Germany.

negative: Irene Epple Irene Epple-Waigel (born 18 June 1957) is a German former alpine skier. She won a total of 11 Alpine Skiing World Cup races, and two World Cups in giant slalom and combined (both in 1982). She also won an Olympics silver medal at Lake Placid in 1980 in giant slalom.In 1992 she completed her medical studies in Munich, and in November 1994 married Theo Waigel, who was the German Finance Minister from 1989 to 1998. In 1980 she was named the German Sportswoman of the Year.

negative: Iris Riedel-Kühn Iris Riedel-Kühn  (born 16 March 1954) is a retired German female tennis player.Riedel-Kühn was born on 16 March 1954 in Sao Paulo, Brazil and received her education in Brazil. In 1974 she started playing tennis in West Germany and became a member of the Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiß in Berlin. In 1975 she became national junior champion and in 1976 and 1977 won the German national mixed doubles title.

negative: Jasmin Rosenberger Jasmin Rosenberger or (Turkish: Yasemin Rosenberger) (born October 16, 1985 in Traunstein, Germany) is a German-Turkish female swimmer competing in the butterfly events. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul. In Germany, she swims for SV Wacker Burghausen, Erster Münchner SC and SG Essen.Her identical twin sister Iris is also a swimmer.

negative: Johann Kowoll Johann Kowoll (December 27, 1890 in Laurahütte – 1941) was a German socialist politician. In his young years, Kowoll had several jobs; as stenographer, office assistant, journalist, cottage worker and machine operator. In 1906 he joined the Free Trade Unions.

negative: Julia Neigel Julia Neigel (born April 19, 1966 in Barnaul, Siberia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a German singer/songwriter, author and producer. Her family moved back to Germany in 1971. She lives in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Rhineland-Palatinate.She began with singing at 14 and her first album was released when she was 22. Before, she had made classical music. Her music-style is Pop-Rock, with Soul and R'N'B Influences.

negative: Junko Mihara Junko Mihara (三原 じゅん子, Mihara Junko, born September 13, 1964 in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese politician, former singer, car racer, and actress.

negative: Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (April 28, 1918 – September 20, 2001) was an East German journalist and host of the television show Der schwarze Kanal (German: The Black Channel) from March 21, 1960 to October 30, 1989.Schnitzler was born in Berlin the son of German vice consul Julius Eduard von Schnitzler, scion of a Cologne banking dynasty, who had been ennobled by the state of Prussia in 1913.

negative: Kerstin Andreae Kerstin Andreae (born 21 October 1968 in Schramberg) is a German politician and member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag.

negative: KeyLiza Kisita Elizabeth Massamba (born December 11, 1989), known by her stage name as KeyLiza, is a German singer-songwriter, dancer, composer, beatproducer and DJ of Angolan and Congolese descent and best known for being a member of German R&B-Pop group Sistanova. Her stage name is an anagram of her two firstnames and the passion for playing Keytar and Keyboards.

negative: Kurt Julius Goldstein Kurt Julius Goldstein (November 3, 1914 – September 24, 2007) was a German journalist and a former broadcast director.

negative: Leni Stern Leni Stern (born Magdalena Thora in Munich, Germany) is an electric guitarist, singer, and ngoni player. She was interested in music from an early age, beginning piano studies at the age of six and taking on the guitar age of eleven. Forming her own acting company at the age of seventeen, Stern attracted media attention and performed her radical productions in front of sold-out European crowds.

negative: Leo Arons Martin Leo Arons (February 15, 1860 - October 10, 1919) was a German physicist and social democratic politician. He was the namesake of the Lex Arons, a law which disallowed members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD) to teach at Prussian universities.

negative: Liselotte Herrmann Liselotte Herrmann (called “Lilo”, 23 June 1909 – 20 June 1938, executed) was a German Communist Resistance fighter in Nazi Germany.

negative: List of female United States presidential and vice-presidential candidates The following is a list of female U.S. presidential and vice-presidential nominees and invitees. Nominees are candidates nominated or otherwise selected by political parties for particular offices. Listed as nominees or nomination candidates are those women who achieved ballot access in at least one state (or, before the institution of government-printed ballots, had ballots circulated by their parties).

negative: Lists of female political office-holders in the United Kingdom This list shows women who have been elected as Members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, European Union and other British devolved assemblies.

negative: Lothar de Maizière Lothar de Maizière (German pronunciation: [də mɛˈzi̯ɛːɐ̯]; born 2 March 1940) is a German Christian Democratic politician.  In 1990, he served as the only democratically elected prime minister of the German Democratic Republic, and as such was the last leader of an independent East Germany.De Maizière was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia, and attended the ancient Berlinisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster, where he was one of the last pupils before the school closed in 1958.

negative: Louise Reichardt Louise Reichardt (11 April 1779 – 17 November 1826) or Luise Reichardt was a German songwriter and composer.She was born in Berlin. She was the daughter of composers Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783) and Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814) and granddaughter of Franz Benda (1709–1786), concert master at the court of Frederick the Great. After Juliane Reichardt died, the family moved from Berlin to Giebichenstein near Halle.

negative: Ludwig Bamberger Ludwig Bamberger (22 July 1823 – 14 March 1899) was a German economist, politician and writer.

negative: Ludwig Quidde Ludwig Quidde (March 23, 1858, Bremen – March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II and a politician. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: that of Bismarck (up to 1890); the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888–1918); the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and, finally, Nazi Germany.

negative: Maloy Lozanes Maria Lucia Moreno Lozañes (born 13 December 1976), better known by her stage name MaLoY, is a Philippine singer. She was the second female singer of the German Eurodance act Captain Jack from 1998 until 2000. After taking a break from the record music scene, she returned in 2006 with the German DJ act Shaun Baker.

negative: Mara Scherzinger Mara Scherzinger (born September 23, 1989) is a German actress. She performed in commercials, TV films, TV series, and cinema movies.

negative: Marika Rökk Marika Rökk (3 November 1913 – 16 May 2004) was an Egyptian-born singer, dancer and actress of Hungarian descent, who became famous in German films, notably in the Nazi era.

negative: Maxi Herber Maxi Herber (October 8, 1920 – October 20, 2006) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. She became (and as of 2014, still remains due to new age rules) the youngest female figure skating Olympic champion (at the age of 15 years, 4 months, and 5 days) when she won gold in pair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

negative: Michel Friedman Michel Friedman (German pronunciation: [miˈʃɛl ˈfʁiːtman]; born February 25, 1956 in Paris) is a German lawyer, former CDU politician and talk show host. From 2000 to 2003 Friedman was vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and president of the European Jewish Congress from 2001 to 2003. From 1998 to 2003 he had his own show on German television. Since 2004 he has been hosting a weekly talk show on N24.Friedman is a lawyer by profession and studied law and philosophy.

negative: Ms. International Ms. International is a contest of professional female bodybuilding, organized by the International Federation of BodyBuilders (I.F.B.B.).  "The Ms. International" is generally considered to be the second-most prestigious  competition for female bodybuilders (behind only the Ms. Olympia competition).  It was first held in 1986 by the I.F.B.B. In 1987 the I.F.B.B. allowed the A.A.U. to sanction the Ms. International as an amateur event. In 1988 the contest was again sanctioned by the I.F.B.B.

negative: Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982) is a German recording artist, television personality, and occasional actress. She rose to fame in late 2000 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars on RTL II. The programme announced that Benaissa had won a place as a member of the all-female pop band No Angels.

negative: Nelly Neppach Nelly Neppach (née Bamberger; German pronunciation: [ˈnɛli] ˈnɛpaːχ]; 1898 – 7/8 May 1933) was a German female tennis player.

negative: Nico Nico (born Christa Päffgen; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988) was a German singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress who became famous as a Warhol Superstar in the 1960s. She is known for her vocals on The Velvet Underground's debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), and her work as a solo artist. She also had roles in several films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and Andy Warhol's Chelsea Girls (1966).

negative: Nicolette Krebitz Nicolette Krebitz (born 2 September 1972 in Berlin, Germany) is a director, actress, model, and singer. She is often credited as Coco in her creative works.

negative: Nora Schimming-Chase Nora Schimming-Chase (born 1 December 1940 in Windhoek) is a Namibian politician. A member of the Congress of Democrats, Schimming-Chase has been a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 2000. Prior to joining the NA with the opposition CoD, Schimming-Chase was a long time diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was a teacher and the South West African National Union representative in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 1974 to 1978.

negative: Otto Nuschke Otto Nuschke (23 February 1883–27 February 1957) was a German politician.Nuschke was born in Frohburg in the Kingdom of Saxony. In 1910 he was elected General Secretary of the liberal Progressive People's Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei) of Kassel.

negative: Paul Rohrbach Paul Rohrbach (29 June 1869 - 19 July 1956) was a German writer, concerned with "world politics."  He was born at Irgen manor, Raņķi parish, Skrunda Municipality, Courland, Latvia. Between 1887 and 1896 he attended the universities of Dorpat, Berlin, and Strasbourg.He traveled extensively in Asia (especially China) and Africa, and in 1903-06 he was Settlement Commissioner to southwest Africa.

negative: Pnina Rosenblum Pnina Rosenblum (Hebrew: פנינה רוזנבלום, born 30 December 1954) is an Israeli businesswoman, model, media personality and politician.

negative: Richard Kunze Richard Kunze (born 5 February 1872 in Sagan – died May 1945) was a German right-wing politician known for his anti-Semitism.

negative: Robert Siewert Robert Siewert (December 30, 1887 – November 2, 1973) was a German politician and fought in the German Resistance against National Socialism. He is a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, where he helped save the life of Stefan Jerzy Zweig, among others.

negative: Sexy Cora Sexy Cora (born Carolin Ebert, civil name Carolin Wosnitza; 2 May 1987 – 20 January 2011) was a German pornographic actress, model, and reality show participant.Cora was born in Berlin. She was one of the participants of the 10th season of Big Brother Germany. Cora released two music singles after her Big Brother participation: "My Love – La, La, La" and "Lass uns kicken (Alles klar wunderbar)".

negative: Sieglinde Ahrens Sieglinde Maria Ahrens (born 1936) is a German organist and composer. She is the daughter of (Johannes Clemens) Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997), a German composer and organist. Aherns studied music and composition under her father.  After she completed her studies, she was an organist of Salvator-Kirche and professor of organ at Essen.  She is author of a book on Messiaen organ music Das Orgelwerk Messiaens, Gilles u. Francke (1968), ASIN: B0007JD6XM.

negative: Siegmund Glücksmann Siegmund Glücksmann (born May 30, 1884, Radocza, d. October 6, 1942, Bukhara) was a German-Jewish socialist politician. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most prominent figures of the German minority socialist movement in Poland, functioned as its 'party ideologue' and represented the more Marxist oriented wing of the movement.

negative: Siegrid Ernst Siegrid Ernst (born 3 March 1929) is a German pianist, music educator and composer.

negative: Sophie Lebrun Sophie Lebrun Dulken (20 July 1781 – 23 July 1863) was a German pianist and composer, the daughter of Munich court oboist Ludwig August Lebrun and singer and composer Francesca Lebrun (Franziska Danzi). Sophie Lebrun was born in London while her mother was on tour. She studied singing with her uncle, composer Franz Danzi, and piano with Andreas Streicher.After completing her studies, Lebrun toured in Europe and became a well-known concert pianist. She married Munich court piano maker J.L.

negative: Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛfɪ ˈgʁa:f]; born 14 June 1969) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player.Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles.  Her 22 singles titles is second all-time  behind Margaret Court (24), and marks the record for most Major wins by a tennis player (male or female) since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968.

negative: Susianna Kentikian Susianna "Susi" Levonovna Kentikian (Armenian: Սյուզի Կենտիկյան, born Syuzanna Kentikyan on September 11, 1987) is a German-Armenian professional boxer now residing in Germany. She was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, but she left the country with her family at the age of five because of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Kentikian has lived in Hamburg since 1996 and began boxing when she was twelve years old.

negative: Theodor Barth Theodor Barth (16 July 1849, Duderstadt – 3 June 1909, Baden-Baden) was a German liberal politician and publicist. He was a member of the Reichstag between 1881 and 1884, between 1885 and 1898, and between 1901 and 1903.

negative: Uta Zapf Uta Zapf (born August 14, 1941 in Liegnitz, Province of Lower Silesia) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag (SPD).Since 1998, she has been the chairperson of the subcommittee for "Disarmament, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation" of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag.

negative: Veronica German Veronica Kathleen German  (née Hopkins, born 12 February 1957) is a Liberal Democrat politician and a former member of the National Assembly of Wales. She was a list member for South Wales East between 2010 and 2011.

negative: Vicky Leandros Vassiliki, Baroness von Ruffin (born Vassiliki Papathanasiou, Greek: Βασιλική Παπαθανασίου, 23 August 1949 (disputed year of birth), known by her stage name Vicky Leandros, is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician, and composer, Leandros Papathanasiou (also known as Leo Leandros as well as Mario Panas).

negative: Walter Becher Walter Becher (1 October 1912 - 25 August 2005) was a German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE), All German Party (German: Gesamtdeutsche Partei) (GDP) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.He was an associate of the pro-Nazi politician Konrad Henlein. Later, he became a writer for the Nazi newspaper "Die Zeit" published in Sudetenland.

negative: Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz (1886–1968) code name "Alinka\” or “Alicja”, was a leading figure in Warsaw's underground resistance movement throughout the years of German occupation during World War II in Poland.

negative: Wilhelm von Gayl Wilhelm Moritz Egon, Freiherr von Gayl (4 February 1879 – 7 November 1945) was a German jurist and politician of the German National People's Party (DNVP).

negative: Wilhelmine Reichard Johanne Wilhelmine Siegmundine Reichard (née Schmidt) (April 2, 1788, Braunschweig, Germany – February 22, 1848, Döhlen, Germany) was the first German female balloonist.

negative: Winfried Kretschmann Winfried Kretschmann (born May 17, 1948) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/Greens. He has been Minister-President of the state of Baden-Württemberg since 12 May 2011 and was President of the German Bundesrat from November 2012 until October 2013.Kretschmann has been a member of the state parliament, the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, since 1980, in the constituency of Nürtingen.

negative: Xenia Seeberg Xenia Seeberg (birthname Anke Wesenberg, born 4 April 1972 in Geldern, West Germany) is a film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Xev Bellringer in the science fiction television series Lexx. She also debuted as a singer in 1996 on the EMI Electrola label with her maxi single \Heartbeat\"."

negative: Xu Huaiwen Xu Huaiwen (simplified Chinese: 徐怀雯; traditional Chinese: 徐懷雯; pinyin: Xú Huáiwén; born August 2, 1975 in Guiyang, Guizhou) is a female badminton player from Germany.  She was born in Guiyang, Guizhou, People's Republic of China. She decided to play for Germany because the Chinese thought that she was too short to play professional world badminton. She can speak fluent Chinese, German and English.

negative: İris Rosenberger İris Rosenberger (born October 16, 1985 in Traunstein, Germany) is a German-Turkish female swimmer competing in the butterfly events. The 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) tall sportswoman at55 kg (121 lb) is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming in Istanbul. In Germany, she swims for the teams, SV Wacker Burghausen, Erster Münchner SC and SG Essen.Her identical twin sister Yasemin (German: Jasmin) is also a swimmer.