Malu Dreyer

Maria Luise Anna "Malu" Dreyer (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician (SPD). Since 13 January 2013, she has been the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate. She is the first woman to hold this office. She was the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 – 2017, which made her the deputy to the President of Germany while in office.

Malu Dreyer
Dreyer in 2019
Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2013
Deputy	Eveline Lemke Volker Wissing
Preceded by	Kurt Beck
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Acting
In office 3 June 2019 – 6 December 2019
General Secretary	Lars Klingbeil
Preceded by	Andrea Nahles
Succeeded by	Norbert Walter-Borjans & Saskia Esken
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 7 December 2017 – 6 December 2019 Serving with Olaf Scholz, Manuela Schwesig, Ralf Stegner Natascha Kohnen and Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Leader	Martin Schulz Olaf Scholz (Acting) Andrea Nahles Manuela Schwesig (Acting) Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (Acting) Herself (Acting)
Preceded by	Aydan Özoğuz
Succeeded by	Serpil Midyatli
President of the Federal Council
In office 1 November 2016 – 1 November 2017
President	Joachim Gauck Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Stanislaw Tillich
Succeeded by	Michael Müller
Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office 15 March 2002 – 15 January 2013
Premier	Kurt Beck
Preceded by	Florian Gerster
Succeeded by	Alexander Schweitzer
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate for Trier
In office 26 March 2006 – 1 August 2016
Preceded by	Christoph Grimm
Succeeded by	Sven Teuber
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-06) 6 February 1961 Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	SPD
Alma mater	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Website	www.malu-dreyer.com

In late 2017, SPD members elected Dreyer to the party’s national leadership for the first time as a vice chair.