Almuth Nehring-Venus
Permanent Secretary for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues

Secondary school (Erweiterte Oberschule) in Malchin; university entrance examination (Abitur) (1978)
Journalist training in the editorial department of the newspaper “Junge Welt” (1978 - 1979)
Studied journalism at Karl Marx University in Leipzig (1979 - 1983)
Degree in journalism (1983)
Editor at “Junge Welt” (1983 - 1994)
Editor at the newspaper “Neues Deutschland” (1994 - 1996)
Research associate for the PDS parliamentary group at the Berlin House of Representatives, focusing on feminist, economic, and labor policy (1996 - 1999)
Worked for the executive committee of the Berlin chapter of the PDS, responsible for election campaigns and human resources development (2001 - 2002)
Borough councillor for culture and economics in Berlin-Pankow (2002 - 2004) and public policy (2004 - 26 October 2006)
Borough councillor for culture, economics, and urban development in Berlin-Pankow (27 October 2006 - 5 December 2006)
Permanent Secretary for Economics, Technology, and Women’s Issues (since 6 December 2006)

Member of the SED and then PDS (1981-1991, 1997 to the present), Renaming: 17.07.2005 „Die Linkspartei – PDS“ – 16.06.2007 “Die Linke”
Member of the executive committee of the Berlin chapter of the PDS (1997 - 1999)
Deputy head of the PDS in the federal state of Berlin (1999 - 2004)
Member of the borough assembly in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, later in Berlin-Pankow; deputy head of the PDS parliamentary group (1999 - 2002)
Manager of the PDS election campaign in the early elections of 2001