Anne Spiegel (born 15 December 1980) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens. She served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 8 December 2021; she announced her resignation on 11 April and was dismissed by the President on 25 April 2022[1]
In 2021, Spiegel served as Deputy Minister-President and Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Energy and Forests in the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate. Previously, she was Minister for Family, Women, Youth, Integration and Consumer Protection in the second cabinet of Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021.[2][3] She was a prominent youth leader in Germany during the 2000s.
Spiegel was first elected to the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate in the 2011 state election, and re-elected in 2016. She was the lead candidate for the Greens in the 2021 Rhineland-Palatinate state election.
- ^ "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Terminkalender / Aushändigung der Entlassungsurkunde an Bundesministerin Anne Spiegel und Überreichung der Ernennungsurkunde an Elisabeth Paus".
- ^ "Spiegel Biography" (PDF). Ministry for Family, Women, Youth, Integration and Consumer Protection of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- ^ "Minister with Sicilian roots". Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz). 25 June 2016.