Anja Heinrich, born on June 14, 1971, in Elsterwerda, is a German politician of the CDU. She has been a member of the Brandenburg State Parliament since 2009. After completing her Abitur, Anja Heinrich studied music and German at the Zwickau University of Education from 1988 to 1991, and social work with a major in psychology at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences from 1991 to 1995. She graduated with a degree in social pedagogy. From 2006 to 2009, she completed further training at the Berlin Institute for Family Therapy to become a systemic business and family consultant. Until 2007, she worked as the managing director of the Social Station Ambulante Pflege Doberlug-Kirchhain gGmbH and has been employed at the Diakonisches Werk Elbe-Elster e. V. in social and psychological counseling since 1998.