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Gertrud Höhler

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[[File:1592.1Höhler Prof. Gertrud.JPG|mini|Gertrud Höhler im März 2011 bei [[Markus Lanz (Fernsehsendung)]].]]
'''Gertrud Höhler''' (* [[10. Januar]] [[1941]] in [[Wuppertal]]) ist eine deutsche Literaturwissenschaftlerin. Bekannt wurde sie als Publizistin und Unternehmensberaterin.

== Beruflicher Werdegang ==
Höhler wuchs zusammen mit drei Geschwistern in einer evangelischen Pfarrerfamilie auf.<ref name="Langguth">[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/gertrud-hoehler-zweifel-an-ihrer-taetigkeit-als-kohls-kanzlerberaterin-a-851820-2.html Gerd Langguth: ''Die Legende von der Kanzlerberaterin.'' spiegel.de vom 25. August 2012], abgerufen am 25. August 2012</ref> Ihr Großvater war der Theologe [[Friedrich Horn (Theologe)|Friedrich Horn]].
Sie studierte von 1960 bis 1966 [[Literaturwissenschaften]] und [[Kunstgeschichte]] in [[Bonn]], [[Berlin]], [[Zürich]] und [[Mannheim]]. In dieser Zeit gehörte sie dem links-subkulturellen Milieu an. Sie war mit [[Ulf Miehe]] liiert (mit dem sie 1962 einen Gedichtband im Selbstverlag veröffentlichte) und mit [[Jörg Fauser]] und [[Bernward Vesper]] befreundet.<ref name="voss" /> 1967 wurde sie mit einer Arbeit zum Thema ''Unruhige Gäste. Das Bibelzitat in Wilhelm Raabes Roman'' zur Dr. phil. [[Promotion (Doktor)|promoviert]] und arbeitete an der [[Universität Mannheim]]. Von 1972 bis 1993 war Höhler [[Professur|Professorin]] für [[Germanistik]] und Allgemeine [[Literatur]]-Wissenschaft an der [[Universität Paderborn]]. Überregionale Bekanntheit erlangte sie durch zahlreiche Publikationen sowie Medienauftritte, in denen sie Stellung zu aktuellen Fragen der Politik und Wirtschaft bezog.

In den 1980er Jahren galt Höhler als Dauerkandidatin für ein Ministeramt in den Kohl-Kabinetten.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13494554.html]</ref>
Von 1987 bis 1989 beriet Höhler den Vorstandssprecher der [[Deutsche Bank|Deutschen Bank]], [[Alfred Herrhausen]]. 1989 wollte der damalige [[Volkswagen AG|VW]]-Chef [[Carl Hahn junior|Carl Hahn]] Höhler gegen Widerstand aus den eigenen Reihen als Kommunikationsberaterin engagieren.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13496432.html VW: Viel Ärger wegen Frau Höhler], spiegel.de, 2. September 1989</ref> Während ihrer Tätigkeit für die Deutsche Bank war Höhler für weitere Verbände und Firmen als Beraterin tätig und von ihrer Professorentätigkeit beurlaubt.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13497739.html Volkswagen - Eigenwilliger Führungsstil], spiegel.de, 18. September 1989</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13494554.html In den Stromschnellen des Wertewandels], spiegel.de, 16. Januar 1989</ref> 1993 legte sie ihre Professur in Paderborn nieder, um als freie Publizistin und Unternehmensberaterin zu arbeiten. Professoren und Studenten hatten ihr Vernachlässigung der Lehrpflicht vorgeworfen; sie selbst sprach von [[Mobbing]].<ref>[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/26/26448/1.html Wirtschaftsvertreter dominieren in Hochschulräten], heise.de, 22. Oktober 2007</ref>

Darüber hinaus war Höhler Moderatorin der Talkshow ''[[Baden-Badener Disput]] – Kulturgespräch zur Zeit'' (1988 – 2000).

In der Öffentlichkeit wurde Gertrud Höhler u. a. durch ihre angebliche<ref name="Langguth" /> Beraterfunktion für Politiker wie [[Helmut Kohl]]<ref name="uni" /> und [[Dieter Althaus]]<ref name="tuesing" /> bekannt. Höhler wurde diesbezüglich im Oktober 2012 in der Fernsehsendung [[Markus Lanz]] von [[Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre]] gefragt, welche Politiker sie eigentlich beraten habe. Sie nannte daraufhin "Kanzler Kohl" und sprach davon, die [[CSU]] beraten zu haben, was vom anwesenden [[Edmund Stoiber]] umgehend verneint wurde, woraufhin Höhler betonte, dass Stoiber nicht die CSU darstelle.<ref>Ausstrahlung der ZDF-Fernsehsendung Markus Lanz vom 18. Oktober 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/medien/wen-beraet-die-beraterin-gertrud-hoehler-demontiert-sich-bei-markus-lanz-/7276498.html Artikel im Tagesspiegel: ''Gertrud Höhler demontiert sich bei "Markus Lanz"'', vom 19. Oktober 2012, abgerufen am 20. Oktober 2012]</ref> Als Buchautorin veröffentlichte sie Titel wie ''Wölfin unter Wölfen. Warum Männer ohne Frauen Fehler machen'' (2000), ''Warum Vertrauen siegt'' (2003) sowie ''Jenseits der Gier. Vom Luxus des Teilens'' (2005). Zudem erregte sie 1992 in einer Werbekampagne des Kreditkartenunternehmens [[American Express]] mit einem von [[Annie Leibovitz]] gemachten Foto Aufsehen, das die Literaturwissenschaftlerin in Reitkleidung und in luxuriösem Ambiente zusammen mit ihrem Sohn zeigt.<ref name="heimeier" /> Ein Artikel in der Zeitschrift [[konkret (Zeitschrift)| ''konkret'']] (März 1993), in dem [[Eckhard Henscheid]] sich über dieses Foto (und ein zweites) lustig machte, führte zu einer Klage Höhlers und schließlich, nachdem diese in erster Instanz abgewiesen worden war, dazu, dass Henscheid zur Zahlung von 20.000 Mark Schmerzensgeld verurteilt wurde.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13679827.html Polemik mit Karacho] ''[[Der Spiegel]]'', 14/93</ref><ref>Eckhard Henscheid: Denkwürdigkeiten. Aus meinem Leben, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-89561-387-6 - S. 225-228</ref>

Im April 2007 wurde sie in das neu geschaffene oberste Leitungsgremium [[Hochschulrat]] ihrer früheren Universität in Paderborn gewählt.<ref name="senat" /> Wenig später geriet sie in die öffentliche Kritik, nachdem die ''[[Neue Westfälische]]'' recherchiert hatte, dass der sächsische [[Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands|NPD]]-Landtagsabgeordnete [[Peter Klose]] in einem ihr gehörenden Haus in [[Zwickau]] ein „Bürgerbüro“ betrieb. Höhler bestritt zunächst, vom NPD-Hintergrund ihres Mieters gewusst zu haben, räumte dies später jedoch ein.<ref name="focus" /> Daraufhin forderte sie der damalige Wissenschaftsminister von Nordrhein-Westfalen, [[Andreas Pinkwart]] ([[Freie Demokratische Partei|FDP]]), am 22. Juni 2007 zum Rücktritt aus dem Hochschulrat der [[Universität Paderborn]] auf, was Höhler ablehnte, da die NPD eine zugelassene Partei sei, die dem sächsischen Landtag angehöre.<ref name="focus" /><ref name="spiegel" /> Am 2. Juli 2007 entzog ihr daraufhin der Hochschulrat das Mandat in der Findungskommission zur Wahl der künftigen Hochschulleitung.<ref name="rat" /> Bis zum Jahr 2012 blieb sie Mitglied des Hochschulrats, wurde dann für die nächste Wahlperiode nicht mehr berufen.<ref>[http://www.nw-news.de/owl/?em_cnt=6700770 Neue Westfälische vom 10. Mai 2012: ''Uni Paderborn: Hochschulrat ohne Höhler'']</ref>

Im August 2012 übte Höhler in einem Gastbeitrag in der [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung]]<ref>http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/der-politikstil-der-kanzlerin-das-system-m-11841711.html (abgerufen am 27. August 2012)</ref> sowie einem Buch mit dem Titel ''Die Patin'' Kritik am Regierungsstil der Bundeskanzlerin [[Angela Merkel]], der sie eine schleichende Zersetzung politischer Werte in Deutschland vorwarf, wobei in ihrer Argumentation Merkels [[DDR|ostdeutsche]] Herkunft eine wichtige Rolle einnimmt. Höhlers Angriffe auf Merkel wurden in verschiedenen pro-Merkel deutschen Medien als unangemessen angesehen.<ref>BAZ-Interview: «Der ESM wird von ‹Paten› gesteuert» http://bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/Der-ESM-wird-von-Paten-gesteuert/story/25239512 ; FAZ: "bizarr und überzogen", http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/faz-net-fernsehkritik-wer-nicht-waegt-der-nichts-gewinnt-11869297.html ; Spiegel Online: "systematisch falsche Schlüsse", http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/gertrud-hoehler-zweifel-an-ihrer-taetigkeit-als-kohls-kanzlerberaterin-a-851820-2.html (beide abgerufen am 27. August 2012)</ref>

== Privates ==
Höhler ist ledig und hat einen Sohn, Abel (* 1967), der ebenfalls eine Beratertätigkeit ausübt.<ref>[http://www.manager-magazin.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-17090.html Society Models: Prominente aus Wirtschaft & Kultur], manager-magazin.de, 31. Oktober 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.arte.tv/de/395528.html Mütter & Söhne], arte.tv, 15. Juli 2002</ref><ref>[http://www.focus.de/kultur/leben/modernes-leben-von-den-woelfen-lernen_aid_182503.html Modernes Leben: Von den Wölfen lernen], focus.de, 26. Juni 2000</ref>

== Auszeichnungen ==
* [[Bundesverdienstkreuz]] 1. Klasse (17. Mai 1999)<ref>Bundespräsidialamt</ref>
* [[Konrad-Adenauer-Preis der Deutschland-Stiftung]] (1988)
* [[Orden wider den tierischen Ernst]] (1988)
* Deutscher Fairnesspreis (2002)<ref name="bio" />

== Schriften ==
* ''Gedichte'', mit Ulf Miehe, Sphinx, Bad Salzuflen 1962
* ''Unruhige Gäste. Das Bibelzitat in Wilhelm Raabes Roman'', 1969 (Dissertation)
* ''Gesinnungskonkurrenz der Intellektuellen'', Osnabrück 1978
* ''Die Anspruchsgesellschaft'', Düsseldorf 1979
* ''Das Glück. Analyse einer Sehnsucht'', Düsseldorf 1981
* ''Die Kinder der Freiheit'', Stuttgart 1983
* ''Die Bäume des Lebens'', Stuttgart 1985
* ''Die Zukunftsgesellschaft'', Düsseldorf 1986
* ''Spielregeln des Glücks'', Düsseldorf 1988
* ''Offener Horizont. Junge Strategien verändern die Welt'', Düsseldorf 1988
* ''Virtuosen des Abschieds / Neue Werte für eine Welt im Wandel'', Düsseldorf 1989
* ''Spielregeln für Sieger'', Düsseldorf 1991
* ''Wettspiele der Macht''. Econ, Düsseldorf 1994 (Neuauflage: Ullstein 2005. ISBN 3-548-36731-3)
* ''Herzschlag der Sieger. Die EQ-Revolution''. Econ, Düsseldorf 1997 (Neuauflage: Ullstein 2004. ISBN 3-548-36668-6)
* ''Der veruntreute Sündenfall'' (mit Michael G. Koch), Stuttgart 1998
* ''EntZweiung oder neues Bündnis?'', Stuttgart 1998
* ''Wölfin unter Wölfen. Warum Männer ohne Frauen Fehler machen''. Econ Ullstein List, München 2000 (2004. ISBN 3-548-36499-3)
* ''Die Sinn-Macher. Wer siegen will, muss führen''. Econ Ullstein List, München 2002 (2004. ISBN 3-548-36499-3)
* ''Warum Vertrauen siegt''. Ullstein Heyne List, München 2003 (Tb Ullstein 2005. ISBN 3-548-36717-8)
* ''Jenseits der Gier. Vom Luxus des Teilens'', Berlin 2005
* ''Aufstieg für alle. Was die Gewinner den Verlierern schulden''. Econ, Berlin 2007; Ullstein, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-37247-1
* ''Das Ende der Schonzeit. Alphafrauen an die Macht''. Econ, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-430-20050-9
* ''Götzendämmerung. Die Geldreligion frisst ihre Kinder''. Heyne, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-17796-3
* ''Die Patin. Wie Angela Merkel Deutschland umbaut''. Orell Füssli, Zürich 2012, ISBN 978-3-280-05480-2

== Weblinks ==
* {{DNB-Portal|119149435}}
* [http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/vermietung-an-npd-fruehere-kohl-beraterin-hoehler-soll-gehen-a-491518.html Frühere Kohl-Beraterin Höhler soll gehen] SPIEGEL-ONLINE, 30. Juni 2007
* Gertrud Höhler: [http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/der-politikstil-der-kanzlerin-das-system-m-11841711.html ''„Das System M: Der Politikstil der Kanzlerin“''] Artikel, FAZ Online, 3. August 2012
* {{IMDb|nm1871102}}

== Einzelnachweise ==
<references>
<ref name="bio">
[http://www.fairness-stiftung.de/GertrudHoehlerBiografie.htm Biographie Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler.] Fairness Stiftung, o. D.
</ref>
<ref name="voss">
Henner Voss: [http://jungle-world.com/seiten/2005/05/4841.php ''Vor der Reise. Erinnerungen an den Schriftsteller Bernward Vesper.'']
</ref>
<ref name="uni">
[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/uni-paderborn-diszipliniert-kohl-beraterin/974716.html ''Uni Paderborn diszipliniert Kohl-Beraterin.''] DPA-Meldung im ''Tagesspiegel'', 3. Juli 2007.
</ref>
<ref name="tuesing">
Matthias Tüsing: [http://www.insuedthueringen.de/regional/thueringen/thuefwthuedeu/Enge-Althaus-Beraterin-in-die-Kritik-geraten;art83467,1593143 ''Enge Althaus-Beraterin in die Kritik geraten.''] ''Freies Wort'', 4. Juli 2007.
</ref>
<ref name="heimeier">
Katharina Heimeier: [http://www.taz.de/?id=nrw-aktuell&dig=2007/07/02/a0006&id=953&cHash=de5fcc7382 ''Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung.''] ''taz'', 2. Juli 2007.
</ref>
<ref name="senat">
[http://www.uni-paderborn.de/mitteilungen/detailansicht/?tx_xinitupbnews_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=1121&tx_xinitupbnews_pi1%5BbackPid%5D=360&cHash=d22ab25e9b ''Senat der Universität Paderborn wählte (…) Hochschulrat.''] Pressemeldung der Universität Paderborn, 25. April 2007.
</ref>
<ref name="focus">
Thomas van Zütphen: [http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/gertrud-hoehler_aid_64302.html ''Die dritte Version der Wahrheit.''] ''Focus'', 24. Juni 2007, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2011.
</ref>
<ref name="spiegel">
''Der Spiegel'', Nr. 32/2007, S. 33.
</ref>
<ref name="rat">
[http://www.uni-paderborn.de/mitteilungen/detailansicht/?tx_xinitupbnews_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=1250&tx_xinitupbnews_pi1%5BbackPid%5D=354&cHash=a4879321af Stellungnahme des Vorsitzenden des Hochschulrats der Universität Paderborn], 2. Juli 2007.
</ref>
</references>

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Huma Abedin

2012-08-04T13:48:23Z

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{{Infobox person
| name = Huma Abedin
| image = Hillary_Clinton_and_Huma_Abedin_1a.jpg
| caption = Abedin with Hillary Clinton during 2008 Presidential campaign
|birth_name=Huma Mahmood Abedin
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}
| birth_place = [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| religion = [[Islam]]
| education = [[George Washington University]]
| occupation = Deputy [[Chief of Staff]] and aide to [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]
| spouse = [[Anthony Weiner]] (2010–present)
| parents = Syed Zainul Abedin and Saleha Mahmood Abedin
| siblings = Hassan Abedin and Heba Abedin
| children =
}}

'''Huma Mahmood Abedin''' (born 1976) is an American deputy chief of staff and aide to US Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]].<ref name="mysterywoman">{{cite news | last=Morgan | first=Spencer | title=Hillary's Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma? | work=The New York Observer | date=April 1, 2007 | url=http://www.observer.com/node/37040 | accessdate = July 12, 2007 }}</ref> She served as traveling chief of staff and "[[body man|body woman]]" for Clinton during [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008|Clinton's campaign]] for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://niralimagazine.com/2007/08/hillarys-handler-huma-abedin/ |title=Hillary’s Handler: Huma Abedin |publisher=Nirali Magazine |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/fashion/22candidates.html | work=The New York Times | first=Guy | last=Trebay | title=Campaign Chic: Not Too Cool, Never Ever Hot | date=July 22, 2007| accessdate =10 April 2012}}</ref>

== Early years ==
Abedin was born in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]. When she was two, her family moved to [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. Both her parents were educators. Her father, Syed Zainul Abedin, was born in [[British India]] in 1928, was an alumnus of [[Aligarh Muslim University]], and later received his Ph.D. from the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He died in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-29/us/27993212_1_hillary-clinton-neera-tanden-aide |title=Hillary's mystery aide is of Indian descent |work=The Times of India|date=November 29, 2007 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> Her [[Pakistan]]i mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, also received her Ph.D. from the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and is currently an associate professor of sociology at [[Dar Al-Hekma College]] in Jeddah.<ref name="mysterywoman"/><ref>[https://sisweb.daralhekma.edu.sa:8251/portal/page?_pageid=333,133399&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Faculty and Administrators Directory, Official website]</ref> Abedin returned to the U.S. to attend [[George Washington University]].

== Career ==
Abedin began working as an intern for the [[White House]] in 1996 and was assigned to [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. She currently works for Clinton, now Secretary of State, at the [[United States Department of State|State Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18642.html |title="Clintonites jostle for jobs at State" – Politico |publisher=Politico.com |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Abedin was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'''s "40 under 40",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025219,00.html |title=Huma Abedin – Deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of State June 9, 2011 |publisher=Time.com |date=October 14, 2010 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> a list of a "new generation of civic leaders" and "rising stars of American politics."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2023831,00.html |title=''Time Specials'' – 40 Under 40 June 9, 2011 |publisher=Time.com |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> At a celebration before Abedin's wedding to Anthony Weiner, Clinton said in a speech, "I only have one daughter. But if I had a second daughter, it would [be] Huma."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin-weiners-unflappable-wife/2011/06/07/AG4jFILH_story.html |title=Huma Abedin, Weiner's unflappable wife, is Hillary Clinton's right-hand woman |publisher=Washington Post |date=June 7, 2011 |accessdate=June 4, 2012}}</ref>

===Investigations into Muslim Brotherhood Influence===
On June 13, 2012, Congresswoman [[Michele Bachmann]] (R-Minn.), Congressman [[Trent Franks]] (R-Arizona), Congressman [[Louie Gohmert]] (R-Texas), Congressman [[Tom Rooney]] (R-Florida), and Congressman [[Lynn Westmoreland]] (R-Georgia) sent a letter to the Deputy [[Inspector General]] of the Department of State, Harold W. Geisel, requesting an investigation into the influence of anyone associated with the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] on State Department policy. The first three paragraphs of that letter are reproduced here:<ref>Bachmann: [http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ig_letter_dept_of_state.pdf "Letter to the Deputy Inspector General," June 13, 2012], accessed July 20, 2012</ref>

::"Dear Ambassador Geisel:

::"As you may know, information has recently come to light that raises serious questions about Department of State policies and activities that appear to be a result of influence operations conducted by individuals and organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Given that the U.S. government has established in federal court that the Muslim Brotherhood's mission in the United States is "destroying the Western civilization from within" - a practice the Muslim Brothers call "civilization jihad" - we believe that the apparent involvement of those with such ties raises serious security concerns that warrant your urgent attention.

::"For example, according the "The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within," a product of the Center for Security Policy (www.MuslimBrotherhoodinAmerica.com), the Department's Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin, has three family members - her late father, her mother and her brother - connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives and/or organizations. Her position affords her routine access to the Secretary and to policy-making.

::"The State Department and, in several cases, the specific direction of the Secretary of State, have taken actions recently that have been enormously favorable to the Muslim Brotherhood and its interests. These include: . . ."

== Personal life ==
Abedin is a practicing [[Muslim]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin-weiners-unflappable-wife/2011/06/07/AG4jFILH_story.html Huma Abedin, Rep. Anthony Weiner’s unflappable wife] ''Washington Post'', 2011-06-07.</ref> She speaks English, [[Urdu]] and [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Health/huma-abedin-wife-anthony-weiner-stay-married-man/story?id=13774687 ABC News: "Anthony Weiner Says Wife Huma Abedin Will Stay, But Will She?"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Ashley Parker | title= Opposites in Many Ways, but Seemingly Melded Well| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/nyregion/wife-knew-of-online-past-but-not-photo-post-weiner-says.html | work=The New York Times | date=June 6, 2011 | accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/882830--imam-to-rep-weiner-s-wife-stand-by-your-man New York Metro: "Imam to Rep. Weiner’s wife: Stand by your man"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/07/huma.abedin.profile/ CNN: "Huma Abedin is not a typical congressional wife"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://blogs.aljazeera.net/americas/2011/06/02/getting-bottom-weinergate Al Jazeera: " Getting to the bottom of Weingergate"] June 2, 2011</ref>

Abedin married then-Congressman [[Anthony Weiner]] (D-NY) on July 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/12/2009-07-12_weiner_hillary_aide_to_tie_knot.html |title=Rep. Anthony Weiner engaged to Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin| work=The New York Daily News |date=July 11, 2009 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> Former President [[Bill Clinton]] presided at the wedding, which took place at the [[Oheka Castle]] in [[Huntington, New York]], on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/bill-clinton-to-officiate_n_641336.html?ir=New%20Yorkl |title=Bill Clinton To Officiate Wedding Of New York Congressman Anthony Weiner Longtime Hillary Aide Huma Abedin |work=The Huffingtonpost.com |date= July 9, 2010|accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref>

In June 2011, Abedin became the subject of widespread media attention amid her husband's [[Anthony Weiner photo scandal|Twitter photo scandal]]. In the press conference where he admitted the online sexual conversations, Weiner said he had revealed his online relationships to his wife before their marriage. Regarding the new revelations, Weiner said, "She was very unhappy, she was very disappointed, and she told me as much. And she also told me that she loved me and we're going to get through this."<ref>{{cite news |title=For Rep. Anthony Weiner, a dramatic fall via social media |author=Susan Page |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-06-06-Anthony-weiner-sexting-twitter_n.htm?csp=34news |newspaper=USA Today |date=June 6, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2011}}</ref>

She gave birth to a baby boy, Jordan Zain Weiner, in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/anthony_we_have_weiner_dqeIgPjh2RVMOL68eVCetJ |title= Former Congressman Anthony Weiner's wife gives birth to baby boy |publisher=www.nypost.com |date=December 22, 2011 |first1=Tara |last1=Palmeri |first2=Leonard |last2=Greene}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Huma Abedin}}
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin/gIQA27jCAP_topic.html Collected news and coverage] at ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805301551.htm "Indo-Pak beauty being wooed by Jewish US lawmaker"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', May 30, 2008
* [http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=6558 "For the Love of Huma – Jewish-Muslim story"], ''[[The Sikh Times]]'', May 2008
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803678.html "Their Romance Is Now Official"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', May 28, 2008
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/07/huma.abedin.profile/ "Huma Abedin is not a typical congressional wife"], Alan Duke, ''[[CNN]]'', June 7, 2011

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Huma Abedin

2012-07-29T15:08:42Z

Hackercraft: /* Muslim Brotherhood controversy */ Wiki-neutrality

{{Infobox person
| name = Huma Abedin
| image = Huma Abedin.jpg
| caption = Abedin during a meeting with leaders for the Open Government Partnership in New York, Sept. 20, 2011
|birth_name=Huma Mahmood Abedin
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}
| birth_place = [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date =
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| religion = [[Islam]]
| education = [[George Washington University]]
| occupation = Deputy [[Chief of Staff]] and aide to [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]
| spouse = [[Anthony Weiner]] (2010–present)
| parents = Syed Zainul Abedin and Saleha Mahmood Abedin
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'''Huma Mahmood Abedin''' ({{lang-ur|'''هما محمود عابدين'''}}; born 1976) is a deputy chief of staff and aide to US Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]].<ref name="mysterywoman">{{cite news | last=Morgan | first=Spencer | title=Hillary's Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma? | work=The New York Observer | date=April 1, 2007 | url=http://www.observer.com/node/37040 | accessdate = July 12, 2007 }}</ref> She served as traveling chief of staff and "[[body man|body woman]]" for Clinton during [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008|Clinton's campaign]] for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://niralimagazine.com/2007/08/hillarys-handler-huma-abedin/ |title=Hillary’s Handler: Huma Abedin |publisher=Nirali Magazine |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/fashion/22candidates.html | work=The New York Times | first=Guy | last=Trebay | title=Campaign Chic: Not Too Cool, Never Ever Hot | date=July 22, 2007| accessdate =10 April 2012}}</ref>

== Early years ==
Abedin was born in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]. When she was two, her family moved to [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. Both her parents were educators. Her father, Syed Zainul Abedin, was born in [[British India]] in 1928, was an alumnus of [[Aligarh Muslim University]], and later received his Ph.D. from the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He died in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-29/us/27993212_1_hillary-clinton-neera-tanden-aide |title=Hillary's mystery aide is of Indian descent |work=The Times of India|date=November 29, 2007 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> Her [[Pakistan]]i mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, also received her Ph.D. from the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and is currently an associate professor of sociology at [[Dar Al-Hekma College]] in Jeddah.<ref name="mysterywoman"/><ref>[https://sisweb.daralhekma.edu.sa:8251/portal/page?_pageid=333,133399&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Faculty and Administrators Directory, Official website]</ref> Abedin returned to the U.S. to attend [[George Washington University]].

== Career ==
Abedin began working as an intern for the [[White House]] in 1996 and was assigned to [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. She currently works for Clinton, now Secretary of State, at the [[United States Department of State|State Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18642.html |title="Clintonites jostle for jobs at State" – Politico |publisher=Politico.com |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Abedin was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'''s "40 under 40",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025219,00.html |title=Huma Abedin – Deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of State June 9, 2011 |publisher=Time.com |date=October 14, 2010 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> a list of a "new generation of civic leaders" and "rising stars of American politics."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2023831,00.html |title=''Time Specials'' – 40 Under 40 June 9, 2011 |publisher=Time.com |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> At a celebration before Abedin's wedding to Anthony Weiner, Clinton said in a speech, "I only have one daughter. But if I had a second daughter, it would [be] Huma."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin-weiners-unflappable-wife/2011/06/07/AG4jFILH_story.html |title=Huma Abedin, Weiner's unflappable wife, is Hillary Clinton's right-hand woman |publisher=Washington Post |date=June 7, 2011 |accessdate=June 4, 2012}}</ref>

===Muslim Brotherhood Issue===
On June 13, 2012, Congresswoman [[Michele Bachmann]] (R-Minn.), Congressman [[Trent Franks]] (R-Arizona), Congressman [[Louie Gohmert]] (R-Texas), Congressman [[Tom Rooney]] (R-Florida), and Congressman [[Lynn Westmoreland]] (R-Georgia) sent a letter to the Deputy [[Inspector General]] of the Department of State, Harold W. Geisel, requesting an investigation into the influence of anyone associated with the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] on State Department policy. The first three paragraphs of that letter are reproduced here:

::"Dear Ambassador Geisel:

::"As you may know, information has recently come to light that raises serious questions about Department of State policies and activities that appear to be a result of influence operations conducted by individuals and organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Given that the U.S. government has established in federal court that the Muslim Brotherhood's mission in the United States is "destroying the Western civilization from within" - a practice the Muslim Brothers call "civilization jihad" - we believe that the apparent involvement of those with such ties raises serious security concerns that warrant your urgent attention.

::"For example, according the "The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within," a product of the Center for Security Policy (www.MuslimBrotherhoodinAmerica.com), the Department's Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin, has three family members - her late father, her mother and her brother - connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives and/or organizations. Her position affords her routine access to the Secretary and to policy-making.

::"The State Department and, in several cases, the specific direction of the Secretary of State, have taken actions recently that have been enormously favorable to the Muslim Brotherhood and its interests. These include: . . ."<ref>Bachmann: [http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ig_letter_dept_of_state.pdf "Letter to the Deputy Inspector General," June 13, 2012], accessed July 20, 2012</ref>

== Personal life ==
Abedin is a practicing [[Muslim]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin-weiners-unflappable-wife/2011/06/07/AG4jFILH_story.html Huma Abedin, Rep. Anthony Weiner’s unflappable wife] ''Washington Post'', 2011-06-07.</ref> She speaks English, [[Urdu]] and [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Health/huma-abedin-wife-anthony-weiner-stay-married-man/story?id=13774687 ABC News: "Anthony Weiner Says Wife Huma Abedin Will Stay, But Will She?"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Ashley Parker | title= Opposites in Many Ways, but Seemingly Melded Well| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/nyregion/wife-knew-of-online-past-but-not-photo-post-weiner-says.html | work=The New York Times | date=June 6, 2011 | accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/882830--imam-to-rep-weiner-s-wife-stand-by-your-man New York Metro: "Imam to Rep. Weiner’s wife: Stand by your man"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/07/huma.abedin.profile/ CNN: "Huma Abedin is not a typical congressional wife"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://blogs.aljazeera.net/americas/2011/06/02/getting-bottom-weinergate Al Jazeera: " Getting to the bottom of Weingergate"] June 2, 2011</ref>

Abedin married then-Congressman [[Anthony Weiner]] (D-NY) on July 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/12/2009-07-12_weiner_hillary_aide_to_tie_knot.html |title=Rep. Anthony Weiner engaged to Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin| work=The New York Daily News |date=July 11, 2009 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> Former President [[Bill Clinton]] presided at the wedding, which took place at the [[Oheka Castle]] in [[Huntington, New York]], on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/bill-clinton-to-officiate_n_641336.html?ir=New%20Yorkl |title=Bill Clinton To Officiate Wedding Of New York Congressman Anthony Weiner Longtime Hillary Aide Huma Abedin |work=The Huffingtonpost.com |date= July 9, 2010|accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref>

In June 2011, Abedin became the subject of widespread media attention amid her husband's [[Anthony Weiner photo scandal|Twitter photo scandal]]. In the press conference where he admitted the online sexual conversations, Weiner said he had revealed his online relationships to his wife before their marriage. Regarding the new revelations, Weiner said, "She was very unhappy, she was very disappointed, and she told me as much. And she also told me that she loved me and we're going to get through this."<ref>{{cite news |title=For Rep. Anthony Weiner, a dramatic fall via social media |author=Susan Page |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-06-06-Anthony-weiner-sexting-twitter_n.htm?csp=34news |newspaper=USA Today |date=June 6, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2011}}</ref>

She gave birth to a baby boy, Jordan Zain Weiner, on December 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/anthony_we_have_weiner_dqeIgPjh2RVMOL68eVCetJ |title= Former Congressman Anthony Weiner's wife gives birth to baby boy |publisher=www.nypost.com |date=December 22, 2011 |first1=Tara |last1=Palmeri |first2=Leonard |last2=Greene}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Huma Abedin}}
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin/gIQA27jCAP_topic.html Collected news and coverage] at ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805301551.htm "Indo-Pak beauty being wooed by Jewish US lawmaker"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', May 30, 2008
* [http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=6558 "For the Love of Huma – Jewish-Muslim story"], ''[[The Sikh Times]]'', May 2008
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803678.html "Their Romance Is Now Official"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', May 28, 2008
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/07/huma.abedin.profile/ "Huma Abedin is not a typical congressional wife"], Alan Duke, ''[[CNN]]'', June 7, 2011

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[[ar:هما عابدين]]
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Huma Abedin

2012-07-28T14:50:04Z

Hackercraft: /* Muslim Brotherhood Controversy */ Additional context.

{{Infobox person
| name = Huma Abedin
| image = Huma Abedin.jpg
| caption = Abedin during a meeting with leaders for the Open Government Partnership in New York, Sept. 20, 2011
|birth_name=Huma Mahmood Abedin
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}
| birth_place = [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| religion = [[Islam]]
| education = [[George Washington University]]
| occupation = Deputy [[Chief of Staff]] and aide to [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]
| spouse = [[Anthony Weiner]] (2010–present)
| parents = Syed Zainul Abedin and Saleha Mahmood Abedin
| siblings = Hassan Abedin and Heba Abedin
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}}

'''Huma Mahmood Abedin''' ({{lang-ur|'''هما محمود عابدين'''}}; born 1976) is a deputy chief of staff and aide to US Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]].<ref name="mysterywoman">{{cite news | last=Morgan | first=Spencer | title=Hillary's Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma? | work=The New York Observer | date=April 1, 2007 | url=http://www.observer.com/node/37040 | accessdate = July 12, 2007 }}</ref> She served as traveling chief of staff and "[[body man|body woman]]" for Clinton during [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008|Clinton's campaign]] for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://niralimagazine.com/2007/08/hillarys-handler-huma-abedin/ |title=Hillary’s Handler: Huma Abedin |publisher=Nirali Magazine |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/fashion/22candidates.html | work=The New York Times | first=Guy | last=Trebay | title=Campaign Chic: Not Too Cool, Never Ever Hot | date=July 22, 2007| accessdate =10 April 2012}}</ref>

== Early years ==
Abedin was born in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]. When she was two, her family moved to [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. Both her parents were educators. Her father, Syed Zainul Abedin, was born in [[British India]] in 1928, was an alumnus of [[Aligarh Muslim University]], and later received his Ph.D. from the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He died in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-29/us/27993212_1_hillary-clinton-neera-tanden-aide |title=Hillary's mystery aide is of Indian descent |work=The Times of India|date=November 29, 2007 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> Her [[Pakistan]]i mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, also received her Ph.D. from the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and is currently an associate professor of sociology at [[Dar Al-Hekma College]] in Jeddah.<ref name="mysterywoman"/><ref>[https://sisweb.daralhekma.edu.sa:8251/portal/page?_pageid=333,133399&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Faculty and Administrators Directory, Official website]</ref> Abedin returned to the U.S. to attend [[George Washington University]].

== Career ==
Abedin began working as an intern for the [[White House]] in 1996 and was assigned to [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. She currently works for Clinton, now Secretary of State, at the [[United States Department of State|State Department]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18642.html |title="Clintonites jostle for jobs at State" – Politico |publisher=Politico.com |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Abedin was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'''s "40 under 40",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023831_2023829_2025219,00.html |title=Huma Abedin – Deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of State June 9, 2011 |publisher=Time.com |date=October 14, 2010 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> a list of a "new generation of civic leaders" and "rising stars of American politics."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2023831,00.html |title=''Time Specials'' – 40 Under 40 June 9, 2011 |publisher=Time.com |date= |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> At a celebration before Abedin's wedding to Anthony Weiner, Clinton said in a speech, "I only have one daughter. But if I had a second daughter, it would [be] Huma."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin-weiners-unflappable-wife/2011/06/07/AG4jFILH_story.html |title=Huma Abedin, Weiner's unflappable wife, is Hillary Clinton's right-hand woman |publisher=Washington Post |date=June 7, 2011 |accessdate=June 4, 2012}}</ref>

===Muslim Brotherhood Controversy===
On June 13, 2012, Congresswoman [[Michele Bachmann]] (R-Minn.), Congressman [[Trent Franks]] (R-Arizona), Congressman [[Louie Gohmert]] (R-Texas), Congressman [[Tom Rooney]] (R-Florida), and Congressman [[Lynn Westmoreland]] (R-Georgia) sent a letter to the Deputy [[Inspector General]] of the Department of State, Harold W. Geisel, requesting an investigation into the influence of anyone associated with the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] on State Department policy. The first three paragraphs of that letter are reproduced here:

::"Dear Ambassador Geisel:

::"As you may know, information has recently come to light that raises serious questions about Department of State policies and activities that appear to be a result of influence operations conducted by individuals and organizations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Given that the U.S. government has established in federal court that the Muslim Brotherhood's mission in the United States is "destroying the Western civilization from within" - a practice the Muslim Brothers call "civilization jihad" - we believe that the apparent involvement of those with such ties raises serious security concerns that warrant your urgent attention.

::"For example, according the "The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within," a product of the Center for Security Policy (www.MuslimBrotherhoodinAmerica.com), the Department's Deputy Chief of Staff, Huma Abedin, has three family members - her late father, her mother and her brother - connected to Muslim Brotherhood operatives and/or organizations. Her position affords her routine access to the Secretary and to policy-making.

::"The State Department and, in several cases, the specific direction of the Secretary of State, have taken actions recently that have been enormously favorable to the Muslim Brotherhood and its interests. These include: ..."<ref>Bachmann: [http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ig_letter_dept_of_state.pdf "Letter to the Deputy Inspector General," June 13, 2012], accessed July 20, 2012</ref>

[[Andrew C. McCarthy]], lead prosecutor against [[Omar Abdel Rahman|The Blind Sheikh]], explained that the government is supposed to avoid the appearance of impropriety and that the congressmen were correct to question why the State Department had dramatically changed its view of the Muslim Brotherhood while Abedin has been a top adviser, particularly as Abedin's parents and brother have all had connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310198/questions-about-huma-abedin-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=5 |title=Questions about Huma Abedin |author=Andrew C. McCarthy |accessdate=2012-07-22}}</ref>

Republicans [[John McCain]] (R-Ariz.), [[Lindsey Graham]] (R-S.C.), [[Scott Brown]] (R-Mass.) and [[Ed Rollins]] defended Abedin.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rollins|first=Edward|title=Bachmann's former campaign chief -- shame on you, Michele Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/07/18/bachmann-former-campaign-chief-shame-on-michele/ixzz21Y36rOBJ|url=http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/07/18/bachmann-former-campaign-chief-shame-on-michele/|publisher=FoxNews|accessdate=24 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Terkel|first=Amanda|title=John McCain Slams Michele Bachmann's 'Unfounded' Attacks On Huma Abedin, Muslim-Americans|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/john-mccain-michele-bachmann-muslim_n_1683277.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref> John McCain stated that "These allegations about Huma and the report from which they are drawn are nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable woman, a dedicated American and a loyal public servant... The letter and the report offer not one instance of an action, a decision or a public position that Huma has taken while at the State Department that would lend credence to the charge that she is promoting anti-American activities within our government... These attacks on Huma have no logic, no basis and no merit. And they need to stop now."<ref>{{cite web|last=Terkel|first=Amanda|title=John McCain Slams Michele Bachmann's 'Unfounded' Attacks On Huma Abedin, Muslim-Americans|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/john-mccain-michele-bachmann-muslim_n_1683277.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=19 July 2012}}</ref>

Speaker of the House [[John Boehner]] told reporters: "I don't know Huma. But from everything that I do know of her, she has a sterling character, and I think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous."<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|title=John Boehner: Accusations against Huma Abedin ‘pretty dangerous’|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/john-boehner-accusations-against-huma-abedin-pretty-dangerous/2012/07/19/gJQAeDT6vW_blog.html|accessdate=19 July 2012|newspaper=Washington Post|date=19 July 2012}}</ref>

Abedin's family came under police protection when as a result of the controversy they were threatened by a New Jersey man (himself a Muslim).<ref>{{cite news|title=Huma Abedin Under Police Protection After Threats|author=Evann Gastaldo|date=July 23,2012|publisher=Newser|url=http://www.newser.com/story/150618/huma-abedin-under-police-protection-after-threats.html}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Abedin is a practicing [[Muslim]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin-weiners-unflappable-wife/2011/06/07/AG4jFILH_story.html Huma Abedin, Rep. Anthony Weiner’s unflappable wife] ''Washington Post'', 2011-06-07.</ref> She speaks English, [[Urdu]] and [[Arabic (language)|Arabic]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Health/huma-abedin-wife-anthony-weiner-stay-married-man/story?id=13774687 ABC News: "Anthony Weiner Says Wife Huma Abedin Will Stay, But Will She?"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Ashley Parker | title= Opposites in Many Ways, but Seemingly Melded Well| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/nyregion/wife-knew-of-online-past-but-not-photo-post-weiner-says.html | work=The New York Times | date=June 6, 2011 | accessdate=10 April 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/882830--imam-to-rep-weiner-s-wife-stand-by-your-man New York Metro: "Imam to Rep. Weiner’s wife: Stand by your man"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/07/huma.abedin.profile/ CNN: "Huma Abedin is not a typical congressional wife"] June 7, 2011</ref><ref>[http://blogs.aljazeera.net/americas/2011/06/02/getting-bottom-weinergate Al Jazeera: " Getting to the bottom of Weingergate"] June 2, 2011</ref>

Abedin married then-Congressman [[Anthony Weiner]] (D-NY) on July 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/12/2009-07-12_weiner_hillary_aide_to_tie_knot.html |title=Rep. Anthony Weiner engaged to Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin| work=The New York Daily News |date=July 11, 2009 |accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref> Former President [[Bill Clinton]] presided at the wedding, which took place at the [[Oheka Castle]] in [[Huntington, New York]], on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/bill-clinton-to-officiate_n_641336.html?ir=New%20Yorkl |title=Bill Clinton To Officiate Wedding Of New York Congressman Anthony Weiner Longtime Hillary Aide Huma Abedin |work=The Huffingtonpost.com |date= July 9, 2010|accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref>

In June 2011, Abedin became the subject of widespread media attention amid her husband's [[Anthony Weiner photo scandal|Twitter photo scandal]]. In the press conference where he admitted the online sexual conversations, Weiner said he had revealed his online relationships to his wife before their marriage. Regarding the new revelations, Weiner said, "She was very unhappy, she was very disappointed, and she told me as much. And she also told me that she loved me and we're going to get through this."<ref>{{cite news |title=For Rep. Anthony Weiner, a dramatic fall via social media |author=Susan Page |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-06-06-Anthony-weiner-sexting-twitter_n.htm?csp=34news |newspaper=USA Today |date=June 6, 2011 |accessdate=June 7, 2011}}</ref>

She gave birth to a baby boy, Jordan Zain Weiner, on December 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/anthony_we_have_weiner_dqeIgPjh2RVMOL68eVCetJ |title= Former Congressman Anthony Weiner's wife gives birth to baby boy |publisher=www.nypost.com |date=December 22, 2011 |first1=Tara |last1=Palmeri |first2=Leonard |last2=Greene}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Huma Abedin}}
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/huma-abedin/gIQA27jCAP_topic.html Collected news and coverage] at ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200805301551.htm "Indo-Pak beauty being wooed by Jewish US lawmaker"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', May 30, 2008
* [http://www.emgonline.co.uk/news.php?news=6558 "For the Love of Huma – Jewish-Muslim story"], ''[[The Sikh Times]]'', May 2008
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803678.html "Their Romance Is Now Official"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', May 28, 2008
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/07/huma.abedin.profile/ "Huma Abedin is not a typical congressional wife"], Alan Duke, ''[[CNN]]'', June 7, 2011

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Statens Järnvägar

2012-06-25T01:25:43Z

Hackercraft: /* Personenverkehr (SJ AB) */

{{Infobox Unternehmen
| Name = SJ AB
| Logo = [[Datei:Statens järnvägar logo 2009.jpg|300x150px|Logo]]
| Unternehmensform = [[Aktiengesellschaft (Schweden)|Aktiebolag]] (Aktiengesellschaft)
| ISIN = nicht vorhanden
| Gründungsdatum = 1. Januar 2001
| Auflösungsdatum =
| Sitz = [[Stockholm]], Schweden
| Leitung = Jan Forsberg (CEO), Ulf Adelsohn (Geschäftsführer)
| Mitarbeiterzahl = 4439 <small>(2009)</small><ref>[http://www.sj.se/content/1/c6/14/43/73/SJ_Finansiell%20Rapport%202009_Eng%20100520.pdf Geschäftsbericht der SJ von 2009]</ref>
| Umsatz = 8790 Mio. [[Schwedische Krone|SEK]] <small>(2009)</small>
| Branche = [[Eisenbahn]]
| Homepage = http://www.sj.se/
}}

[[Bild:Statens järnvägar x2000 logo.jpg|thumb|Logo der ''SJ AB'' am Triebkopf eines [[SJ X2000|X2000]]]]
'''Statens Järnvägar''', abgekürzt '''SJ''', war der Name der ehemaligen [[Schweden|schwedischen]] [[Staatsbahn]], welche bis 1990 das [[Monopol]] im gesamten [[Schienenverkehr in Schweden|schwedischen Schienenverkehr]] hatte und bis in die 1990er Jahre auch die Schieneninfrastruktur verwaltete. Bis zum 1. Januar 2001 existierte die SJ als unternehmerisch tätige Behörde. Seitdem trägt die in eine Aktiengesellschaft umgewandelte Personenverkehrssparte der ehemaligen Bahnbehörde den Namen '''SJ [[Aktiengesellschaft (Schweden)|AB]]'''.

== Die Staatsbahnzeit ==

Die SJ entstand 1856, als die ersten „Stammbahnen“ genannten Hauptstrecken eröffnet wurden. Damit begann eine beinahe explosionsartige Entwicklung, als das Unternehmen entlang aller Strecken Bahnwärter beschäftigte, Dienstwohnungen für alle Bahnwärter und das Bahnhofspersonal einrichtete und Architekturabteilungen schuf, die über das Aussehen der Bahnhöfe und die Anlage und Gestaltung der Bahnanlagen entschieden. Beispielsweise gab es bis 1973 eine eigene Gartenabteilung, die für die Ausschmückung der Bahnhofsplätze zuständig war.

Die Bedeutung der SJ wuchs bis in die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts, nicht zuletzt durch einen Reichstagsbeschluss von 1939, wonach fast alle der zahlreichen schwedischen Privatbahnen verstaatlicht und in die SJ eingegliedert wurden. Dadurch erreichte die SJ in den Jahren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eine starke Stellung. Sie führte den Personen- und Güterverkehr auf dem gesamten staatlichen Schienennetz durch und betrieb Buslinien im ganzen Land. Über das Tochterunternehmen [[Aktiebolaget Svenska Godsbilcentraler|ASG]] spielte die SJ sogar eine Rolle im Güterverkehr auf der Straße. Es gab eine bahneigene Reisebürokette, und die SJ betrieb Zug- und Autofähren. Es gab eigene Werkstätten für den Zugbetrieb. Auch Bau und Unterhalt der Strecken geschahen innerhalb der Behörde. Seine maximale Größe erreichte das Unternehmen 1950, als es mit 50.000 Mitarbeitern fast jeden hundertsten Schweden beschäftigte. Die Mehrheit der Beschäftigten im öffentlichen Sektor arbeitete damals bei der SJ.

1963 forderte der schwedische Reichstag, dass jede Verkehrsform sich wirtschaftlich selbst trägt. Dieser Beschluss führte zur Stilllegung eines Großteils der [[Haupt- und Nebenbahnstrecke|Nebenstrecken]] in Schweden. Gleichzeitig wurde der Busverkehr weiterentwickelt, so dass die SJ in den 70er Jahren das größte Busunternehmen in Schweden wurde.

== Privatisierung ==
In den 80er Jahren war es Ziel der schwedischen Verkehrspolitik, die SJ aufzuteilen und zu verkaufen. Zunächst wurde das Streckennetz vom Zugbetrieb getrennt: Das Streckennetz wurde 1988 an [[Banverket]] übertragen, eine staatliche Gesellschaft (Behörde), die seitdem für die Infrastruktur des schwedischen Schienenverkehrs verantwortlich ist. In weiteren Schritten wurden in den 90er Jahren die Reisebüros verkauft und der Busverkehr in die Gesellschaft [[Swebus]] ausgegliedert, die heute im Besitz der englischen Firma Stagecoach ist. Am 1. Januar 2001 wurden die wesentlichen Geschäftsbereiche der SJ schließlich in sechs neue, unabhängige [[Aktiengesellschaft (Schweden)|Aktiengesellschaften]] überführt. Von der ursprünglichen SJ blieb aus technischen Gründen ein kleiner Rest übrig, genannt ''Affärsverket Statens Järnvägar'' (SSRT), der keinen eigenen Schienenverkehr betreibt, jedoch noch einige Fahrzeuge besitzt und diese an verschiedene Verkehrsunternehmen vermietet.

== Die schwedische Eisenbahn nach der Privatisierung ==
=== Personenverkehr (SJ AB) ===
[[Datei:Berliner Hauptbahnhof- auf Bahnsteig zu Gleis 4- EuroNight-Wagen der SJ AB 6.8.2009.jpg|miniatur|[[EuroNight]]-Wagen der SJ AB im [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof|Berliner Hauptbahnhof]] mit Logo der SJ AB]]
Der Personenreiseverkehr wurde von der "SJ AB" übernommen. Sie betreibt den schwedischen Eisenbahn-Fernreiseverkehr heute auf rentablen Strecken [[eigenwirtschaftlich]]. Nicht lohnend zu betreibende Strecken werden durch staatliche Aufgabenträger nach Ausschreibung an das Eisenbahnverkehrsunternehmen vergeben, welches das günstigste Angebot vorlegen kann. Der Regionalverkehr hingegen ist Angelegenheit der Provinzial- und Regionallandtage (schwed. ''[[Landsting (Schweden)|landsting]]'') und dementsprechend existiert in jeder Provinz eine eigene Gesellschaft, die den Regionalverkehr organisiert und die nötigen Verkehrsleistungen bei den Verkehrsunternehmen bestellt. Auch hier wird heute das günstigste Unternehmen für die Erbringung des Verkehrs per Ausschreibung ermittelt. Auch die SJ kann sich an den Ausschreibungen für Fern- und Regionalverkehrsleistungen beteiligen. Im Regionalverkehr konnte sie jedoch lange Zeit nur wenige Leistungen gewinnen; auch im Fernverkehr verlor sie wichtige Routen. Nach der Jahrtausendwende gelang es ihr jedoch, in Kooperation mit anderen Bahnunternehmen wieder mehr Verkehre zu übernehmen.

=== Güterverkehr ===

Der Güterverkehrssparte der alten SJ wurde in die Gesellschaft [[Green Cargo]] (GC) überführt. Schon in den 90er Jahren wurde jedoch der Erzverkehr auf der nordschwedischen Erzbahn Luleå–Gällivare–Kiruna–Narvik ausgegliedert, er wird nunmehr von der Grubengesellschaft [[LKAB]] mittels ihrer Tochtergesellschaften [[MTAB]] (in Schweden) und [[MTAS]] (in Norwegen) in eigener Regie durchgeführt. Green Cargo wickelt zusammen mit seiner Tochtergesellschaft [[TGOJ_Trafik_AB|TGOJ]] einen Großteil des schwedischen Schienengüterverkehrs ab, muss sich jedoch zunehmend der Konkurrenz durch neue Wettbewerber, wie z. B. [[Hector Rail]], stellen. In der Vergangenheit wurde immer wieder über eine Kooperation oder einen Zusammenschluss von Green Cargo mit [[Railion]], der Güterverkehrsgesellschaft der [[Deutsche Bahn|Deutschen Bahn]], spekuliert.

=== Weitere Geschäftsfelder ===

Die Wartung und Instandhaltung der Züge hat die [[EuroMaint AB]] und TrainTech Engineering AB (heute [[Interfleet Technology]]) übernommen, die [[Jernhusen AB]] verwaltet die Immobilien der ehemaligen Staatsbahn, die [[Unigrid AB]] ist verantwortlich für die [[Informationstechnologie|IT]]-Infrastruktur, und die [[TraffiCare AB]] sorgt für die Bahnhofs- und Zug-Abfertigung. Die TraffiCare AB wurde inzwischen zum Teil verkauft, zum Teil umorganisiert.

== Literatur ==

* Rico Merkert: ''Die Liberalisierung des schwedischen Eisenbahnwesens – ein Beispiel vertikaler Trennung von Netz und Transportbetrieb.'' in: Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge der Universität Potsdam; Diskussionsbeitrag Nr. 62; [http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/wipo/db62.pdf PDF-Dokument]

== Weblinks ==
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*[http://www.sj.se Website der SJ AB]

== Einzelnachweise ==
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