Claudia Nolte

Claudia Crawford Bundesministerin a. D.
Nolte in 1998
Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
In office 17 November 1994 – 26 October 1998
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Hannelore Rönsch (Federal Minister for Family and Senior Citizens) Angela Merkel (Federal Minister for Women and Youth)
Succeeded by	Christine Bergmann
Member of the Bundestag
In office 3 October 1990 – 18 October 2005
Personal details
Born	Claudia Wiesemüller (1966-02-07) 7 February 1966 (age 58) Rostock, East Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Spouses	Rainer Nolte ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 2001)​ David Crawford ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Ilmenau University of Technology

Claudia Crawford (né Wiesemüller, formerly and still commonly known as Claudia Nolte; born 7 February 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who became the youngest cabinet minister in German history whilst in office from 1994–98 and was Federal Minister for family, seniors, women and youth affairs and, by virtue of this office, presided over the European Union Council of Ministers. Nolte is a Catholic and is active in the Catholic community. She is married to investigative journalist David Crawford of CORRECT!V. With her marriage in July 2008, she took the name of her husband.