chancellor predecessor children birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title name alma_mater
angela merkel annette schavan 2 rosenfeld , east germany -lrb- now germany -rrb- christian democratic union minister of education and research 1 april 1951 14 february 2013 gert wanka johanna wanka mwk 2.jpg johanna wanka
 johanna wanka leipzig university
johanna wanka

johanna wanka -lrb- née `` johanna müller '' ; born 1 april 1951 -rrb- is a german politician of the christian democratic union -lrb- cdu -rrb- and since 14 february 2013 the federal minister for education and research .
from 2000 to 2009 , she served as minister for science , research and culture of the state of brandenburg , then from 2010 to 2013 she served as minister of science and culture of the state of lower saxony , in the cabinet mcallister .
