Katarina Barley

Katarina Barley
Barley in 2023
Vice President of the European Parliament
Assumed office
3 July 2019
Serving with See List
PresidentDavid Sassoli
Roberta Metsola
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
In office
14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byHeiko Maas
Succeeded byChristine Lambrecht
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Acting
In office
28 September 2017 – 14 March 2018
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byAndrea Nahles
Succeeded byHubertus Heil
Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
In office
2 June 2017 – 14 March 2018
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byManuela Schwesig
Succeeded byFranziska Giffey
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
In office
11 December 2015 – 2 June 2017
LeaderSigmar Gabriel
Martin Schulz
Preceded byYasmin Fahimi
Succeeded byHubertus Heil
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Preceded byMulti-member district
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Member of the Bundestag
for Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
22 October 2013 – 1 July 2019
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byIsabel Mackensen
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1968-11-19) 19 November 1968 (age 55)
Cologne, West Germany (now Germany)
Citizenship
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
Political partySPD (since 1994)
Spouse
(m. 2020)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Marburg
Paris-Sud University
University of Münster
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Katarina Barley (born 19 November 1968) is a German politician and lawyer who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, serving as one of its Vice-Presidents. She served as Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in the fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel.[1] Prior to that, she had served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and since 28 September 2017 also as the acting Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, both until 14 March 2018.[2]

A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Barley served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 until 2019 and was Secretary-General of her party from 2015 to 2017. She holds law degrees from France and Germany and a doctorate in European law, and formerly worked as a corporate lawyer with the law firm Wessing & Berenberg-Gossler in Hamburg, as a judge and as a governmental legal adviser. Barley holds citizenship of both Germany and Britain.[3]

  1. ^ Seibert, Evi (2 June 2017). "Passt schon" [It's okay]. Tagesschau (online) (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Katarina Barley: Bundesministerin für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend / Bundesministerin für Arbeit und Soziales" [... Federal Minister for Family, Old People, Women and Young People / Federal Minister for Work and Social Affairs] (in German). Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Berlin. Retrieved 10 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Germany disappointed by May's Brexit plan, suggests second referendum". Reuters. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.