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Permanent Secretary Britta Behrendt, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Staatssekretärin Britta Behrendt

Permanent Secretary for Climate Protection and the Environment

Professional Career

  • since April 28, 2023

    Permanent Secretary for Climate Protection and the Environment Berlin

  • 2014 – 2023

    Federal Ministry of the Interior
    • Head of staff “Admission Ukraine”, 2022 – 2023
    • Head of Staff “Flood Relief”, 2021 – 2022
    • Head of the policy division DV1, 2021
    • Head of the policy division M1, 2018 – 2021
    • Division R1, 2016 – 2018
    • Liaison officer for the Italian Ministry of the Interior, 2015 – 2016
    • Office of the Minister, 2014 – 2015
  • 2011 – 2014

    Federal Ministry of Defence
    • Speech writer to the Minister
    • Personal assistant to the Minister
  • 2008 – 2011

    Federal Ministry of the Interior
    • Division G11
    • Speech writer to the Minister
  • 2004 – 2008

    Research assistant, German Bundestag

  • 2001 – 2003

    Legal intern, Superior Court of Justice

Education and Training

  • 2003

    Second State Examination in Law

  • 2000 – 2001

    Master in Commercial Law (LL.M.), UCT Cape Town

  • 2000

    First State Examination in Law

  • 1994 – 2000

    Law studies, Saarland University, University of Pisa, Humboldt University Berlin

Political Career

  • since 2008

    Member of the CDU