Barbara Hendricks (politician)

This article is about the German politician Barbara Anne Hendricks. For the opera singer, see Barbara Hendricks.
Barbara Hendricks
Barbara Hendricks photographed by Oliver Mark at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection in Berlin (2015)
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
In office
17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byPeter Altmaier
Succeeded bySvenja Schulze
Treasurer of the Social Democratic Party
In office
26 October 2007 – 26 January 2014
LeaderKurt Beck
Franz Müntefering
Sigmar Gabriel
Preceded byInge Wettig-Danielmeier
Succeeded byDietmar Nietan
Parliamentary Secretary of State for Finance
In office
27 October 1998 – 16 November 2007
MinisterOskar Lafontaine
Hans Eichel
Peer Steinbrück
Preceded byImgard Karwatzki
Succeeded bySteffen Kampeter
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
16 October 1994 – 26 October 2021
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1952-04-29) 29 April 1952 (age 72)
Kleve, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Bonn

Barbara Anne Hendricks (born 29 April 1952) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018.

From 2007 to 2013, Hendricks was Federal Treasurer of the SPD, and from 1998 to 2007 she was Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Finance.[1]

  1. ^ Hendricks, Barbara. "Barbara Hendricks. Typisch Niederrhein". Barbara Hendricks. Typisch Niederrhein. (in German). Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved Mar 7, 2015.