Curriculum Vitae of Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter

Porträt Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter

Born on 13 October 1962 in Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg.

Professional history

Dates 

since May 2025

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

2021 to 2025

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community

since 2020

Deputy Chair of the Baden-Württemberg SPD

2018 to 2021

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

2014 to 2021

Chair of the Board of Trustees of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU)

March 2014 to 2021

Member of the SME Advisory Council of the German promotional bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)

2014 to 2021

Chair of the Supervisory Board of Global Research for Safety (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)

2013 to 2018

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

March to October 2010

Business consultant

2008 to 2009

Head of the working group on sustainable mobility of the national SPD Executive Committee

since September 2007

Member of the State Executive Committee of the Baden-Württemberg SPD

2005 to 2009; since 2010

Member of the German Bundestag

since 2004

Member of  Waldshut District Council

1997 to 2005

Advisor and communications strategist for Karin Rehbock-Zureich, Member of the German Bundestag

since 1994

Member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD)

1992 to 1996

Marketing assistant

Education

Dates 

1983 to 1989

Studies in economics at Freiburg und Zurich University, licentiate in economics, graduated in business administration

1982

Higher education entrance qualification from the Hochrhein Gymnasium, Waldshut

Last updated: 01.07.2025

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