Peter Frankenberg (born 1947 in Bad Honnef,

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( CDU). Frankenberg was Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of the state of Baden-Württemberg (''Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg'') from 2001 to 2011. Previously he was chaired professor and President (rector) at the University of Mannheim from 1994 until 2001.

Education

He studied

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geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

and

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at the

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, afterwards botanics. He achieved his Ph.D. in 1976 and attained his title of professor in 1982.

Academics and career

In 1983, he was appointed professor of physical geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. In 1986, Frankenberg received the lectureship for physical geography and regional studies at the Geographic Institute of the University of Mannheim. From 1989 until 1991, Peter Frankenberg was dean and pro-dean respectively at the faculty of

and

and from 1991 until 1994, pro-rector of

research Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to ...

at the University of Mannheim. From October 1994 to summer 2001 he was President (rector) of the University of Mannheim. From June 2001 to 2011 he served as Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg.

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