Katarina Barley

Katarina Barley
MEP
Katarina Barley MEP
	Barley in 2023
Vice President of the European Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 July 2019 Serving with See List
President	David Sassoli; Roberta Metsola
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
	In office; 14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Heiko Maas
Succeeded by	Christine Lambrecht
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
	Acting
	In office; 28 September 2017 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Andrea Nahles
Succeeded by	Hubertus Heil
Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
	In office; 2 June 2017 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Manuela Schwesig
Succeeded by	Franziska Giffey
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
	In office; 11 December 2015 – 2 June 2017
Leader	Sigmar Gabriel; Martin Schulz
Preceded by	Yasmin Fahimi
Succeeded by	Hubertus Heil
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the European Parliament; for Germany
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 July 2019
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Social Democratic Party List
Member of the Bundestag; for Rhineland-Palatinate
	In office; 22 October 2013 – 1 July 2019
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Isabel Mackensen
Constituency	Social Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	19 November 1968 (age 55); Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Citizenship	Germany; United Kingdom;
Political party	SPD (since 1994)
Spouse	Marco van den Berg (m. 2020)
Children	2
Education	University of Marburg; Paris-Sud University; University of Münster
Signature
Website	Official website

Katarina Barley (born 19 November 1968) is a German politician and lawyer who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, serving as one of its Vice-Presidents. She served as Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in the fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel.^[1] Prior to that, she had served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and since 28 September 2017 also as the acting Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, both until 14 March 2018.^[2]

A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Barley served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 until 2019 and was Secretary-General of her party from 2015 to 2017. She holds law degrees from France and Germany and a doctorate in European law, and formerly worked as a corporate lawyer with the law firm Wessing & Berenberg-Gossler in Hamburg, as a judge and as a governmental legal adviser. Barley holds citizenship of both Germany and Britain.^[3]

^ Seibert, Evi (2 June 2017). "Passt schon" [It's okay]. Tagesschau (online) (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
^ "Katarina Barley: Bundesministerin für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend / Bundesministerin für Arbeit und Soziales" [... Federal Minister for Family, Old People, Women and Young People / Federal Minister for Work and Social Affairs] (in German). Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Berlin. Retrieved 10 March 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Germany disappointed by May's Brexit plan, suggests second referendum". Reuters. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[1] Seibert, Evi (2 June 2017). "Passt schon" [It's okay]. Tagesschau (online) (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

[KBVerantbis2018-2] "Katarina Barley: Bundesministerin für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend / Bundesministerin für Arbeit und Soziales" [... Federal Minister for Family, Old People, Women and Young People / Federal Minister for Work and Social Affairs] (in German). Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Berlin. Retrieved 10 March 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Germany disappointed by May's Brexit plan, suggests second referendum". Reuters. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

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