Claudia Roth

Claudia Roth
Minister of State in the Chancellery
Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Assumed office
8 December 2021
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byMonika Grütters
Vice President of the Bundestag
(on proposal of the Alliance 90/The Greens group)
In office
22 October 2013 – 8 December 2021
PresidentNorbert Lammert
Wolfgang Schäuble
Bärbel Bas
Preceded byKatrin Göring-Eckardt
Succeeded byKatrin Göring-Eckardt
Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens
In office
2 October 2004 – 19 October 2013
Preceded byAngelika Beer
Succeeded bySimone Peter
In office
9 March 2001 – 7 December 2002
Serving with Fritz Kuhn
Preceded byRenate Künast
Succeeded byAngelika Beer
Federal Commissioner for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
In office
14 March 2003 – 2 October 2004
ChancellorGerhard Schröder
MinisterJoschka Fischer
Preceded byGerd Poppe
Succeeded byTom Koenigs
Member of the Bundestag
for Bavaria
Assumed office
17 October 2002
Preceded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
In office
26 October 1998 – 31 March 2001
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byGerald Häfner
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
In office
25 July 1989 – 18 November 1998
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byOzan Ceyhun
Personal details
Born (1955-05-15) 15 May 1955 (age 69)
Ulm, West Germany
Political party German:
Alliance 90/The Greens
 EU:
The Greens–European Free Alliance
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University
(did not graduate)

Claudia Benedikta Roth (German: [ˈklaʊdi̯a ˈʁoːt]; born 15 May 1955) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and previously served as one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag. She is currently serving as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media [de] in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.