Beate Baumann

'''Beate Baumann''' (born July 28, 1963) is a [[Germany|German]] political [[advisor]]. She became known as [[office manager]] to [[German Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] and, alongside [[Eva Christiansen]], as her closest advisor.<ref name=":0">{{citation |access-date=2021-12-10 |author=Melanie Amann |date=2021-12-10 |issn=2195-1349 |periodical=Der Spiegel |title=(S+) Die heimliche Macht in Zimmer LE 7405 - Merkels Büroleiterin Beate Baumann spricht erstmals öffentlich |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/angela-merkels-bueroleiterin-beate-baumann-die-heimliche-macht-in-zimmer-le-7405-a-9fc04377-47bb-46d9-b333-e95e91fe3b42}}</ref>

== Life ==

After graduating from [[Gymnasium Carolinum (Osnabrück)|Gymnasium Carolinum]] in [[Osnabrück]], Baumann studied English and German language and literature in [[Münster]] and [[Cambridge]] and passed her state examination in [[Münster]] in 1990. Baumann was already politically active during her studies, for example on the state executive committee of the [[Junge Union|Junge Union]] in [[Lower Saxony]]. On recommendation of [[Christian Wulff]], Baumann became Angela Merkel's advisor in the Federal Youth Ministry in January 1992 and moved with her to the Federal Environment Ministry as office manager in 1995. When Merkel was elected Secretary General of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] in 1998, Baumann followed her to the Adenauer House, where she temporarily headed the planning staff in addition to Merkel's office. When Merkel became chairwoman of the [[CDU/CSU parliamentary group]] in the [[German Bundestag|Bundestag]] in 2002 in addition to her office as party chairwoman, Beate Baumann again accompanied her as office manager in the [[Jakob-Kaiser-Haus]]. After Merkel's election as Federal Chancellor, Baumann was her office manager in the [[Federal Chancellery (Berlin)|Federal Chancellery]] from November 22, 2005, to December 8, 2021.<ref name=":0" /> She attended the [[Morgenlage]] there, to which only Merkel's closest circle was invited.<ref>{{citation |access-date=2021-12-10 |author=Robin Alexander |date=2021-05-25 |isbn=978-3-641-27539-6 |publisher=Siedler Verlag |title=Machtverfall: Merkels Ende und das Drama der deutschen Politik: Ein Report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGEGEAAAQBAJ&q=morgenlage+baumann}}</ref> As Merkel's office manager, Baumann had influence on some decisions. Merkel's decisions to run for the chancellorship again in 2017 and to vote against [[Ehe für alle|Marriage for All]] had to be supported by her as office manager, but she was personally of a different opinion. After the end of Merkel's chancellorship, she told ''[[Der Spiegel|Spiegel]]'' that she was working on a biography with her, which would be published in November 2024.<ref name=":0" />

== Film portrayals ==

Baumann was featured in the docudrama ''Stunden der Entscheidung: Angela Merkel and the Refugees'' by [[Tilla Kratochwil]] and in the feature film ''[[Die Getriebenen]]'' by [[Gisela Aderhold]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2020-04-15 |date=2019-09-04 |language=de-DE |title=Die Kritiker: "Stunden der Entscheidung - Angela Merkel und die Flüchtlinge" |url=http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/111900/die-kritiker-stunden-der-entscheidung-angela-merkel-und-die-fluechtlinge}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.cicero.de/berliner-republik/merkels-baumann/36655 ''Merkels Baumann'']. Portrait. In: [[Cicero (magazine)|Cicero]] from December 23, 2004. Online at cicero.de. * Franziska Reich: [http://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/:Beate-Baumann-Merkels-Schatten/583587.html ''Merkels Schatten'']. Portrait. In: [[Stern (magazine)|Stern]], issue 09/2007 from March 5, 2007. Online at stern.de. * Ralf Neukirch: [http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-65794347.html ''Ich, Merkel'']. Portrait. In: [[Der Spiegel|SPIEGEL]] 26/2009 from June 22, 2009. Online at spiegel.de. * [[Eckart Lohse]]: [http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/portraets-personalien/merkels-beraterin-ganz-nah-dran-12172259.html ''Ganz nah dran'']. Portrait. In: [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] from May 9, 2013. Online at faz.net. * Dominique Eigenmann: [http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/merkels-schatten/story/22097743 ''Merkel's most influential advisor'']. Portrait. [[Tages-Anzeiger]], June 23, 2017. {{authority control}}

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