Claudia Roth

Claudia Roth
Minister of State in the Chancellery Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Monika Grütters
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the Alliance 90/The Greens group)
In office 22 October 2013 – 8 December 2021
President	Norbert Lammert Wolfgang Schäuble Bärbel Bas
Preceded by	Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Succeeded by	Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens
In office 2 October 2004 – 19 October 2013 Serving with Reinhard Bütikofer and Cem Özdemir
Preceded by	Angelika Beer
Succeeded by	Simone Peter
In office 9 March 2001 – 7 December 2002 Serving with Fritz Kuhn
Preceded by	Renate Künast
Succeeded by	Angelika Beer
Federal Commissioner for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
In office 14 March 2003 – 2 October 2004
Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder
Minister	Joschka Fischer
Preceded by	Gerd Poppe
Succeeded by	Tom Koenigs
Member of the Bundestag for Bavaria
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2002
Preceded by	multi-member district
Constituency	Alliance 90/The Greens List
In office 26 October 1998 – 31 March 2001
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Gerald Häfner
Constituency	Alliance 90/The Greens List
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
In office 25 July 1989 – 18 November 1998
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Ozan Ceyhun
Personal details
Born	(1955-05-15) 15 May 1955 (age 68) Ulm, West Germany
Political party	German: Alliance 90/The Greens  EU: The Greens–European Free Alliance
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University (did not graduate)

Claudia Benedikta Roth (German: [ˈklaʊdi̯a ˈʁoːt]; born 15 May 1955) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and previously served as one of the vice presidents of the Bundestag. She is currently serving as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media [de] in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.