Katarina Barley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vice President of the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 3 July 2019 Serving with See List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | David Sassoli Roberta Metsola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Angela Merkel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Heiko Maas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Christine Lambrecht | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 28 September 2017 – 14 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Angela Merkel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Andrea Nahles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hubertus Heil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 2 June 2017 – 14 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Angela Merkel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Manuela Schwesig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Franziska Giffey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 11 December 2015 – 2 June 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | Sigmar Gabriel Martin Schulz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Yasmin Fahimi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hubertus Heil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Cologne, West Germany (now Germany) | 19 November 1968||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Political party | SPD (since 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Marburg Paris-Sud University University of Münster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | Official 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]