Malu Dreyer

Malu Dreyer
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Dreyer in 2023
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
16 January 2013 – 10 July 2024
DeputyEveline Lemke
Volker Wissing
Anne Spiegel
Katharina Binz
Preceded byKurt Beck
Succeeded byAlexander Schweitzer
Leader of the
Social Democratic Party
Acting
In office
3 June 2019 – 6 December 2019
General SecretaryLars Klingbeil
Preceded byAndrea Nahles
Succeeded byNorbert Walter-Borjans
Saskia Esken
Deputy Leader of the
Social Democratic Party
In office
7 December 2017 – 6 December 2019
LeaderMartin Schulz
Andrea Nahles
Preceded byAydan Özoğuz
Succeeded byAnke Rehlinger
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 2016 – 31 October 2017
First Vice PresidentStanislaw Tillich
Preceded byStanislaw Tillich
Succeeded byMichael Müller
Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
15 March 2002 – 15 January 2013
Minister-President
Preceded byFlorian Gerster
Succeeded byAlexander Schweitzer
Member of the
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
for Trier
In office
18 May 2006 – 1 August 2016
Preceded byChristoph Grimm
Succeeded bySven Teuber
Personal details
Born
Marie-Luise Dreyer

(1961-02-06) 6 February 1961 (age 63)
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1995–)
SpouseKlaus Jensen
Alma materJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Websitemalu-dreyer.de

Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer[1] (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the 8th minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2013 to 2024. She is the first woman to hold this office. She served a one-year-term as president of the Federal Council from 1 November 2016 – 31 October 2017, which made her deputy to the president of Germany while in office. She was the second female president of the Federal Council and the sixth woman holding one of the five highest federal offices in Germany. On 19 June 2024 she announced her resignation from the office of minister-president with effect from 10 July.

  1. ^ "Malu Dreyer". Munzinger Biographie. Retrieved 5 February 2022.