Malu Dreyer

Malu Dreyer MdBR
Dreyer in 2023
Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 January 2013
Deputy	Eveline Lemke Volker Wissing Anne Spiegel Katharina Binz
Preceded by	Kurt Beck
Succeeded by	Alexander Schweitzer (designated)
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Acting
In office 3 June 2019 – 6 December 2019 Serving with Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, Manuela Schwesig
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, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Leader	Martin Schulz Andrea Nahles
Preceded by	Aydan Özoğuz
Succeeded by	Anke Rehlinger
President of the Bundesrat
In office 1 November 2016 – 31 October 2017
First Vice President	Stanislaw Tillich
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
Minister-President	Kurt Beck
Preceded by	Florian Gerster
Succeeded by	Alexander Schweitzer
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate for Trier
In office 18 May 2006 – 1 August 2016
Preceded by	Christoph Grimm
Succeeded by	Sven Teuber
Personal details
Born	Marie-Luise Dreyer (1961-02-06) 6 February 1961 (age 63) Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1995–)
Spouse	Klaus Jensen
Alma mater	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Website	malu-dreyer.de

Marie-Luise "Malu" Dreyer^[1] (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the 8th and current minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate since 13 January 2013. She is the first woman to hold this office. She served a one-year-term as president of the Federal Council from 1 November 2016 – 2017, which made her deputy to the president of Germany while in office. She was the second female president of the Federal Council and the sixth woman holding one of the five highest federal offices in Germany. On 19 June 2024 she announced her resignation from the office of minister-president with effect of 10 July 2024.