Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa

Born in 1959, Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa holds a degree in economics. From 2013 to 2017, she served on the national executive board of the trade union ver.di, where she was responsible for labour-market and social policy, migration and participation. Before that, she headed the Equal Opportunities Division at the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth until 2012. Until 2013, she also served as an honorary spokesperson of the Central Committee of German Catholics for economic and social affairs. In 2021, she assumed the presidency of the German Caritas Association; she had previously served there for several years as a board member responsible for social and professional policy.