Christine Lambrecht

German politician (born 1965)

Christine Lambrecht (born 19 June 1965) is a German lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She was the Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2023.

Christine Lambrecht
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 State Secretary for 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 September 2013 – 27 September 2017
LeaderThomas Oppermann
Preceded byThomas Oppermann
Succeeded byCarsten Schneider
Member of the Bundestag
for Hesse
In office
22 September 2002 – 26 October 2021
ConstituencyHessian SPD List
Member of the Bundestag
for Bergstraße
In office
27 September 1998 – 22 September 2002
Preceded byMichael Meister
Succeeded byMichael Meister
Personal details
Born (1965-06-19) 19 June 1965 (age 59)
Mannheim, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic
Alma materUniversity of Mannheim
University of Mainz

In the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lambrecht was Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2019–2021).[1]

References

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  1. Babayiğit, Gökalp; Berlin, Mike Szymanski (2019-06-19). "Christine Lambrecht soll Justizministerin werden". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2019-06-19.