Helma Orosz ˈoros; born 11 May 1953 in Görlitz

Görlitz

Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...

) is a German

Germany

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 politician

Politician

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 and member of the CDU

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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. She was the Saxon

Saxony

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 State Minister for Social Affairs between 2003 and 2008. She won the election of the Oberbürgermeister

Burgomaster

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 in Dresden

Dresden

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 in June 2008 and assumed this office on 1 August 2008. She is the successor of Ingolf Roßberg respectively Lutz Vogel.

Profession

Helma Orosz learned nursery school governess at the Görlitz Medical Professional School. She changed into administration and became head of department for social affairs of the Kreis Weißwasser

Weißwasser

Weißwasser is a town in Upper Lusatia in eastern Saxony, Germany.Weißwasser is the third largest town in the Görlitz district after Görlitz and Zittau. The town's landmark is its water tower.- History :...

 and whose successor Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis

Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis

The Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis was the easternmost Kreis of the Free State of Saxony and Germany. Neighboring districts were Löbau-Zittau, Bautzen, Kamenz and the district Spree-Neiße in Brandenburg...

. She studied management of public administration between 1998 and 2001 in Bautzen

Bautzen

Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...

 in secondary part-time.

Political career

Orosz joined the CDU

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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 in 2000 and became Oberbürgermeisterin of Weißwasser soon after in 2001. She was called by Georg Milbradt

Georg Milbradt

Georg Milbradt is a German politician . He was the Minister-president of the Free State of Saxony from 2002 to 2008.-Life:...

 into his first cabinet at 10 Juli 2003 where she became Saxon State Minister for Social Affairs. Current Saxon Minister-President

Minister-President

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 Stanislaw Tillich

Stanislaw Tillich

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 confirmed her in that office in June 2008.

She was nominated by the CDU of Saxony to regain the Oberbürgermeister office of the Saxon capital. Her candidateship was confirmed by the party congress of the Dresden CDU in 2007. Helma Orosz won the election in a second voting with a two-thirds compliance while voter's participation was little. Helma Orosz supports construction of the controversial Waldschlößchenbrücke across the Elbe Valley

Dresden Elbe Valley

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in Dresden, in line with CDU party policy.

External links

• Website of Helma Orosz