Susanne Laschet (née Malangré; born 18 May 1962) is a German bookseller, wife of former Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia and Chancellor of Germany candidate Armin Laschet.[1][2]
Susanne Laschet | |
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| Born | Susanne Malangré 18 May 1962 Aachen, West Germany |
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Background
editMalangré was born to a prominent Aachen family and is the daughter of the prominent business executive Heinrich Malangré and the niece of the city's former lord mayor Kurt Malangré. Her family is of French-speaking Walloon origin and moved from Haine-Saint-Pierre in Belgium to Stolberg in the second half of the 19th century to establish a glass production business.[3]
She trained as a bookseller and is a well-known bookseller in Aachen.[4]
She met Armin Laschet as a child in a Catholic children's choir led by her father; they married in 1985 and have three children. Her husband's grandfather was also from Wallonia.[5][6][7]
Public activities
editSusanne Laschet became the First Lady of Germany's largest state North Rhine-Westphalia in 2017. As First Lady she was active in philanthropic work. She is the patron of the Müttergenesungswerk, a charitable organisation founded by the First Lady of Germany Elly Heuss-Knapp.[8][9] She is also the patron of Aktion Lichtblicke.[10]
In 2020 her husband became a candidate to the chairmanship of the CDU and to succeed Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany,[11] and was reportedly the candidate favoured by Merkel. However, he still lost. [12]
References
edit- ^ „Ich weiß, wie schrecklich es ist“, Die Welt
- ^ "Susanne Laschet". www.nwzonline.de.
- ^ Hans Seeling: Wallonische Industriepioniere in Deutschland, Wahle 1983, p. 178
- ^ Zeitung, Aachener (18 October 2018). "Lese-Tipps für Herbst und Winter: Susanne Laschet stellt Bücher im "Weissen Pferdchen" vor". Aachener Zeitung.
- ^ "Armin Laschet: Immer unterwegs und meistens gut gelaunt". www.aachener-nachrichten.de. 25 October 2021.
- ^ ""Hat mich verprügelt": Ehefrau Susanne spricht über erste Begegnung mit Armin Laschet". Express.de. 2 May 2020.
- ^ Online, FOCUS. "NRW-Ministerpräsident Laschet spricht über ungewöhnliches Kennenlernen mit Ehefrau". FOCUS Online.
- ^ "Susanne Laschet neue Schirmherrin". www.caritas-nrw.de. 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Susanne Laschet macht sich für erschöpfte Eltern stark". KAG Müttergenesung Köln. 20 February 2019.
- ^ Unsere Schirmherrin Susanne Laschet
- ^ "Merkel bei Laschet - Rückendeckung in der K-Frage gegen Ambitionen aus Bayern". Deutschlandfunk.
- ^ Frigelj, Kristian (18 August 2020). "Kanzlerin in NRW: Ist Laschet "kanzlerfähig"? Merkels Antwort klingt wie eine Empfehlung". Die Welt – via www.welt.de.