Christine Lambrecht
Christine Lambrecht has been Federal Minister of Defence since 8 December 2021. Before, she was Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection from 2019 through 2021. In addition, she was Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from May 2021 on. Lambrecht has studied law at Mannheim and Mainz universities.
Curriculum Vitae of Minister of Defence
Born in Mannheim, Germany, on 19 June 1965
Period | Event/Task |
|---|---|
1984 – 1992 | Studied law at Mannheim and Mainz universities, first state examination in law |
1992 – 1995 | Legal internship at Darmstadt Regional Court, second state examination in law |
1995 – 1996 | Master of public administration, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer |
1995 – October 2021 | Lawyer |
1998 – 2021 | Member of the German Bundestag |
2009 – 2018 | Various offices in the SPDSozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands parliamentary group and in the executive of the SPDSozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands parliamentary group |
2018 – 2019 | Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance |
June 2019 – December 2021 | Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection |
May 2021 – December 2021 | Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth |
since December 2021 | Federal Minister of Defence |