Christine Lambrecht

Christine Lambrecht
Christine Lambrecht
	Lambrecht in 2022
Minister of Defence
	In office; 8 December 2021 – 19 January 2023
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Succeeded by	Boris Pistorius
Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
	In office; 20 May 2021 – 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Franziska Giffey
Succeeded by	Anne Spiegel
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
	In office; 27 June 2019 – 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Katarina Barley
Succeeded by	Marco Buschmann
Chancellor
Parliamentary Career
Parliamentary State Secretary; in the Ministry of Finance
	In office; 14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019 Serving with Bettina Hagedorn
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Minister	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Jens Spahn
Succeeded by	Sarah Ryglewski
Chief Whip of the; Social Democratic Party; in the Bundestag
	In office; 16 December 2013 – 13 October 2017
Leader	Thomas Oppermann
Preceded by	Thomas Oppermann
Succeeded by	Carsten Schneider
Deputy Leader of the; Social Democratic Party; in the Bundestag
	In office; 4 December 2017 – 14 March 2018 Serving with Sören Bartol, Eva Högl, Karl Lauterbach, Rolf Mützenich, Hubertus Heil, Katja Mast, Matthias Miersch, Achim Post
Leader	Thomas Oppermann; Andrea Nahles;
Preceded by	Carola Reimann; Carsten Schneider; Ute Vogt;
Succeeded by	Bärbel Bas; Gabriela Heinrich;
	In office; 14 April 2011 – 22 October 2013 Serving with Elke Ferner, Ulrich Kelber, Gernot Erler, Florian Pronold, Dagmar Ziegler, Hubertus Heil, Axel Schäfer
Leader	Frank-Walter Steinmeier;
Preceded by	Olaf Scholz
Succeeded by	Eva Högl
Preceded by
Bundestag constituencies
Member of the Bundestag ; for Hesse
	In office; 18 October 2005 – 26 October 2021
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	multi-member district
Constituency	Social Democratic Party List
	In office; 26 October 1998 – 18 October 2005
Preceded by	Michael Meister
Succeeded by	Michael Meister
Constituency	Bergstraße
Personal details
Born	19 June 1965 (age 58); Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1987–)
Spouse	Hans-Joachim Hacker (m. 2015⁠–⁠2019)
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Mannheim; University of Mainz;
Occupation	Politician; Academic; Civil Servant;
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Christine Lambrecht (born 19 June 1965) is a German senior politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the German Federal Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from 2021 to 2023.^[1]^[2] In Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration, Lambrecht previously served as Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2019–2021),^[3] Minister for Family Affairs (2021) and as one of two Parliamentary State Secretaries at the Federal Ministry of Finance (2018– 2019).^[4] She previously held various roles within the SPD Parliamentary Group, including as a Deputy Leader (from 2011 to 2013) and from December 2013 to September 2017 as first parliamentary secretary of the SPD parliamentary group.

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