Sabine Kunst (born 30 December 1954) is a German engineer, academic and politician who has been serving as chairwoman of the Joachim Herz Foundation since 2022.[1][2]
Sabine Kunst | |
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President of Humboldt University | |
Assumed office 19 January 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wesselburen, Germany | 30 December 1954
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Academic |
Kunst served as president of Humboldt University from 2016[3][4][5] until 2021, when she announced her resignation over the reform of the Berlin university law.[6] Since 2014, she has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[7]
From 2010 to 2011, Kunst served as president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); she was the first woman to hold that office.[8] She unsuccessfully applied for the position as president of the University of Leipzig in 2010; instead, the position went to Beate Schücking.[9]
From 2011 to 2016, Kunst served as State Minister of Science, Research and Culture in the government of Brandenburg, in the governments of successive Ministers-President Matthias Platzeck and Dietmar Woidke.[10]
Kunst is married and has three children. The family has been living in Werder, Havel since 2007.[33] Her sister is Kirsten Fehrs.