Christine Lambrecht

Christine Lambrecht
Lambrecht in 2022
Minister of Defence
In office
8 December 2021 – 19 January 2023
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Succeeded byBoris Pistorius
Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
In office
20 May 2021 – 8 December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byFranziska Giffey
Succeeded byAnne Spiegel
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
In office
27 June 2019 – 8 December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byKatarina Barley
Succeeded byMarco Buschmann
Parliamentary Career
Parliamentary State Secretary
in the Ministry of Finance
In office
14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019
Serving with Bettina Hagedorn
ChancellorAngela Merkel
MinisterOlaf Scholz
Preceded byJens Spahn
Succeeded bySarah Ryglewski
Chief Whip of the
Social Democratic Party
in the Bundestag
In office
16 December 2013 – 13 October 2017
LeaderThomas Oppermann
Preceded byThomas Oppermann
Succeeded byCarsten Schneider
Deputy Leader of the
Social Democratic Party
in the Bundestag
In office
4 December 2017 – 14 March 2018
Leader
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
14 April 2011 – 22 October 2013
Leader
Preceded byOlaf Scholz
Succeeded byEva Högl
Bundestag constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Hesse
In office
18 October 2005 – 26 October 2021
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
In office
26 October 1998 – 18 October 2005
Preceded byMichael Meister
Succeeded byMichael Meister
ConstituencyBergstraße
Personal details
Born (1965-06-19) 19 June 1965 (age 59)
Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1987–)
Spouse
Hans-Joachim Hacker
(m. 2015⁠–⁠2019)
Children1
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Academic
  • Civil Servant
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Christine Lambrecht (born 19 June 1965) is a German senior politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the German Federal Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from 2021 to 2023.[1][2] In Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration, Lambrecht previously served as Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2019–2021),[3] Minister for Family Affairs (2021) and as one of two Parliamentary State Secretaries at the Federal Ministry of Finance (2018– 2019).[4] She previously held various roles within the SPD Parliamentary Group, including as a Deputy Leader (from 2011 to 2013) and from December 2013 to September 2017 as first parliamentary secretary of the SPD parliamentary group.

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