Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Cornelia Ernst

born on 30 November 1956 in Bad Saarow, Germany, married
Teacher of History and German

Career

  • 1979 Master of Education (Diplom-Pädagogin)
  • Dissertation about the Feminist Movement
  • until 1991 Teacher Educator at the Institute of Teacher Education, Großenhain
  • 1991 - 1998 Parliamentary Consultant of the research group “Basic social security” of Linke Liste/PDS faction in the Saxonian Parliament
  • 1995 - 2001 Substitute Chairwoman of PDS Saxonia
  • November 1998 - July 2009 Member of the Saxonian Parliament (Member of Committee for the Interior and Committee for Constitution, Legal Affairs and Europe)
  • 1999 - 2004 President of the research group on “Equal Treatment of Men and Women” of the faction in the Saxonian Parliament
  • June 1999 - June 2009 City Councillor of Dresden (Member of Welfare Committee and Hospital Committee)
  • November 2001 - Novemer 2009 President of PDS Saxonia respectively DIE LINKE. Saxonia
  • since July 2009 Member of the European Parliament

Field of Interest

  • Migration and Asylum Policy
  • Gender Mainstreaming and Equal Treatment of Men and Women
  • Regional Development in Saxonia and Territorial Cooperation between Saxonia, Czech Republic and Poland

Membership

  • LISA Sachsen (Working group on Equal Treatment of Men and Women)
  • GEW (Trade Union for Education and Science)
  • Attac