Karin Wolff

Karin Wolff
Wolff in 2013
Deputy Minister-President of Hesse
In office
April 2003  4 April 2008
Preceded byRuth Wagner
Succeeded byVolker Bouffier
Hessian Minister of Education
In office
7 April 1999  4 April 2008
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
for Darmstadt-Stadt II
In office
5 April 1995  19 November 2008
Personal details
Born (1959-02-23) 23 February 1959
Darmstadt, West Germany
Political partyCDU
Alma materJohannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Occupationteacher

Karin Wolff (born 23 February 1959 in Darmstadt) is a German politician and former deputy minister president of Hesse.

Wolff studied history, evangelical theology and philosophy at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Philipps-Universität Marburg. She finished university and worked as a teacher in Darmstadt.

In 1976 Wolff became a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union. In 1995 she became a member of parliament in Hesse and became minister in Hesse on 7 April 1999.

Wolff has written two books on children and education. She lives in Darmstadt in an openly lesbian relationship.