Hannelore Kraft

Hannelore Kraft MdL MdBR a. D.
Kraft in 2017
Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 14 July 2010 – 27 June 2017
Deputy	Sylvia Löhrmann
Preceded by	Jürgen Rüttgers
Succeeded by	Armin Laschet
President of the Bundesrat
In office 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2011
Deputy	Jens Böhrnsen
Preceded by	Jens Böhrnsen
Succeeded by	Horst Seehofer
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 20 January 2007 – 14 May 2017
Deputy	Marc Herter Elvan Korkmaz
Preceded by	Jochen Dieckmann
Succeeded by	Michael Groschek
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 13 November 2009 – 14 May 2017
Leader	Sigmar Gabriel Martin Schulz
Preceded by	Andrea Nahles
Succeeded by	Natascha Kohnen
Minister of Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 12 November 2002 – 31 May 2005
Minister-President	Peer Steinbrück
Preceded by	Gabriele Behler
Succeeded by	Andreas Pinkwart
Minister of Federal and European Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 24 April 2001 – 12 November 2002
Minister-President	Wolfgang Clement
Preceded by	Detlev Samland
Succeeded by	Wolfram Kuschke
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia for Mülheim I (Mülheim an der Ruhr II – Essen VII; 2000–2005)
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2000
Preceded by	Constituency established
Personal details
Born	Hannelore Külzhammer (1961-06-12) 12 June 1961 (age 62) Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	Comprehensive University of Duisburg
Signature
Website	www.hannelore-kraft.de

Hannelore Kraft (née Külzhammer; born 12 June 1961) is a German politician. She served as the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was the third woman to become head of a state government in Germany. Between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011, she was the President of the Bundesrat, again the first woman to hold the office.^[1] She is the former leader of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and served on the SPD's federal executive from November 2009 until May 2017, and was one of the four federal deputy chairs.^[2]