Bettina Martin

Bettina Martin is President of the Conference of Science Ministers of the German Länder. Since 2021 she has been Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From 2019 to 2021, she was Minister for Education, Science and Culture and from 2017 to 2019, she was Plenipotentiary for Federal Affairs and Authorised Representative of the State of M-V to the federal government. Before that, she was the Chief of Staff of the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2013 to 2017. From 2000 to 2013, she held various positions at the Federal Headquarters of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).