Brigitte Zypries | |
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.jpg) 2014 | |
| Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy | |
| In office 27 January 2017 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Sigmar Gabriel |
| Succeeded by | Peter Altmaier |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 22 October 2002 – 17 October 2009 | |
| Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Herta Däubler-Gmelin |
| Succeeded by | Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger |
| Parliamentary State Secretary for Aerospace Affairs | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – 26 January 2017 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Sigmar Gabriel |
| Preceded by | Peter Hintze |
| Succeeded by | Dirk Wiese |
| Member of the Bundestag for Darmstadt | |
| In office 18 September 2005 – 24 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Hoffmann |
| Succeeded by | Astrid Mannes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1953 Kassel, Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) |
| Alma mater | University of Giessen |
| Website | brigittezypries.de |
Brigitte Zypries (born 16 November 1953) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Between 2017 and 2018, she served as Minister for Economics and Energy in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel; she was the first woman to hold that office in German history.
Zypries had previously been Parliamentary State Secretary since December 2013, charged with the coordination of Germany's aviation and space policies. She was Federal Minister of Justice of Germany from 2002 to 2009 and State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1998 to 2002.