Britta Ernst

Britta Ernst
Britta Ernst
	Ernst in 2019
Spouse of the Chancellor of Germany
	Current
	In role since ; 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Joachim Sauer
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport; of Brandenburg
	In office; 28 September 2017 – 17 April 2023
Minister-President	Dietmar Woidke
Preceded by	Günter Baaske
Succeeded by	Steffen Freiberg
President of the; Kultusministerkonferenz
	In office; 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021
Preceded by	Stefanie Hubig
Succeeded by	Karin Prien
Minister for School and Professional Education of Schleswig-Holstein
	In office; 16 September 2014 – 28 June 2017
Minister-President	Torsten Albig
Preceded by	Waltraud Wende
Succeeded by	Karin Prien
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundesrat ; for Brandenburg
	In office; 17 October 2017 – 19 November 2019
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	multi-member district
Member of the; Hamburg Parliament
	In office; 8 October 1997 – 31 August 2011
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Olaf Steinbiß
Constituency	Social Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	23 February 1961 (age 63); Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1978–)
Spouse	Olaf Scholz (m. 1998)
Residence(s)	Old Market Square, Potsdam
Alma mater	Hamburger Universität für Wirtschaft und Politik
Occupation	Politician; Real Estate Agent; Civil Servant;
Website	Bundesrat website;

Britta Ernst (born 23 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany who has served as the State Minister for Education and Youth of Brandenburg from 2017 to 2023. She was a member of the Hamburg Parliament from 1997 to 2011, served as School Minister of Schleswig-Holstein from 2014 to 2017, and as president of the Kultusministerkonferenz in 2021. She is the wife of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.