15 Notable alumni of
University of Duisburg - Essen
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The University of Duisburg - Essen is 1920th in the world, 643rd in Europe, and 70th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from the University of Duisburg - Essen sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Dieter Nuhr
- Enrolled in the University of Duisburg - Essen
- Studied in 1981
- Occupations
- women's rights activistartistwritertelevision presenterphotographer
- Biography
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Dieter Herbert Nuhr is a German kabarett artist, comedian, author and television presenter.
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Andreas Gursky
- Occupations
- teacherphotojournalistphotographerartistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Andreas Gursky is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Hannelore Kraft
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Hannelore Kraft is a German politician. She served as the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was the third woman to become head of a state government in Germany. Between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011, she was the President of the Bundesrat, again the first woman to hold the office. She is the former leader of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and served on the SPD's federal executive from November 2009 until May 2017, and was one of the four federal deputy chairs.
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Serap Güler
- Enrolled in the University of Duisburg - Essen
- 2002-2007 graduated with Magister Artium in communication studies
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Serap Güler is a German politician of Turkish origin from the Christian Democratic Union. She has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2021, representing the Leverkusen – Cologne IV district.
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Christian Seifert
- Occupations
- executive
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Christian Seifert is a German entrepreneur and business manager who served as a CEO of the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) from 2019 to 2021. He was a member of the League Board and Vice President of the German Football Association (German: Deuscher Fuball-Bund, DFB). He was also Vice Chairman of the Board of the Bundesliga-Stiftung (Bundesliga Foundation) and spokesperson for the Initiative Profisport Deutschland (IPD).
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Guido van den Berg
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Guido van den Berg was a German politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). At the time of his death, he had been serving as a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2012, and as deputy district administrator of Rhein-Erft-Kreis since 2014. A member of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district council (since 1999) and Bedburg's council (1999–2014), van den Berg was a member of the SPD from 1992 and held numerous positions in the party at district level.
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Volker Perthes
- Enrolled in the University of Duisburg - Essen
- Studied political science
- Occupations
- university teachernon-fiction writerpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Volker Perthes is a German political scientist, academic and writer. Apart from his focus on research, writing and teaching about the Middle East, he was director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). From 2021 to 2023, he served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (SRSG) for Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS).
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Suzie Kerstgens
- Occupations
- songwritersinger
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Suzie Kerstgens is a German singer and lyricist. She is the lead vocalist and co-founder of German pop band Klee.
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Nicolas Wöhrl
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- physicistpodcasterscience communicatorScience slam
- Biography
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Nicolas Wöhrl is a German physicist, science communicator and podcaster.
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Ina Hartwig
- Occupations
- journalistwriterliterary critic
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Ina Hartwig is a German writer, literature critic and academic lecturer. From July 2016, she has been Kulturdezernentin in Frankfurt, the city councillor responsible for culture and science.
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Tanja Lange
- Occupations
- mathematiciancomputer scientist
- Biography
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Tanja Lange is a German cryptographer and number theorist at the Eindhoven University of Technology. She is known for her research on post-quantum cryptography.
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Petra Kammerevert
- Enrolled in the University of Duisburg - Essen
- Studied political science and sociology
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Petra Kammerevert is a German politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Party of European Socialists.
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Iryna Gurevych
- Enrolled in the University of Duisburg - Essen
- 1998-2001 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- professorcomputer scientist
- Biography
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Iryna Gurevych is a German computer scientist. She is Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the Technical University of Darmstadt and Director of Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab.
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Mahshid Mirmoezzi
- Occupations
- translator
- Biography
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Mahshid Mirmoezzi is an Iranian translator from the German language. She has translated over 40 works into the Persian language. She has received several prizes, including the Parvin Award for her translation of Pascal Mercier's Night Train to Lisbon.
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Frank T. Rothaermel
- Born in
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Germany - Occupations
- economistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Frank T. Rothaermel is a professor in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Fellow. He holds the Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair of Business.
