[2] More recently, in 2016 she was appointed a member of the Independent Commission for Dealing with Sexual Abuse of Children ("Unabhängige Kommission zur Aufarbeitung sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs"),[3] having served as the full-time commissioner during 2010/2011.

[1] Between 1967 and 1977, Bergmann worked on a freelance basis, employed on the administrative side for the National Journal for Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy and Laboratory Diagnostics ("Zentralblatt für Pharmazie, Pharmakotherapie u. Laboratoriumsdiagnostik").

[1][2] During this time she also worked on her doctorate which she received from the Humboldt University in July 1989 for a study on qualitative and methodical aspects of the effectiveness of drug information provision in East Germany.

[8] Ahead of the 1994 elections, SPD chairman Rudolf Scharping included Bergmann in his shadow cabinet for the party’s campaign to unseat incumbent Helmut Kohl as Chancellor.

In 1998 Bergmann switched to national politics, accepting an appointment in the Schröder government as Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, in succession to Claudia Nolte.

[13] Christine Bergmann is a member of the honorary council of AMCHA foundation [de], an organisation headquartered in Jerusalem which provides practical Psycho-social support for holocaust survivors and their descendants.

[16] Since January 2016, she has been a member of the Independent Commission for Dealing with Sexual Abuse of Children ("Unabhängige Kommission zur Aufarbeitung sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs")[3] In 2015, Bergmann was awarded the Mercator Visiting Professorship for Political Management at the Universität Essen-Duisburg's NRW School of Governance.