Christian Lindner

Christian Lindner
Lindner in 2021
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
8 December 2021
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byOlaf Scholz
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
Assumed office
7 December 2013
DeputyWolfgang Kubicki
Nicola Beer
Johannes Vogel
General
Secretary
Nicola Beer
Linda Teuteberg
Volker Wissing
Preceded byPhilipp Rösler
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office
24 October 2017 – 7 December 2021
Chief WhipMarco Buschmann
DeputyKatja Suding
Michael Theurer
Stephan Thomae
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Christian Dürr
Frank Sitta
Preceded byRainer Brüderle (2013)
Succeeded byChristian Dürr
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017
Preceded byGerhard Papke
Succeeded byChristof Rasche
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
13 May 2012 – 27 November 2017
Preceded byDaniel Bahr
Succeeded byJoachim Stamp
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party
In office
24 December 2009 – 14 December 2011
LeaderGuido Westerwelle
Philipp Rösler
Preceded byDirk Niebel
Succeeded byPatrick Döring
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
In office
27 October 2009 – 10 July 2012
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byHans-Werner Ehrenberg
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byLorenz Deutsch
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
In office
1 June 2000 – 18 November 2009
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byUte Dreckmann
ConstituencyFree Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born
Christian Wolfgang Lindner

(1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 45)
Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political partyFree Democratic Party
Spouses
(m. 2011; div. 2020)
(m. 2022)
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Germany
Branch/service Bundeswehr
Years of service2002–present
RankMajor
Unit German Air Force Reserve

Christian Wolfgang Lindner (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Finance since 8 December 2021. He has been the party leader of the FDP since 2013 and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) for North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017, previously holding a seat from 2009 until 2012.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Christian Lindner ist Bundesminister der Finanzen". German Federal Ministry of Finance.
  2. ^ "Geschäftsordnung der Bundesregierung". Die Bundesregierung (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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