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'''Christine Lambrecht''' (born 19 June 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) who has been serving as the [[List of German defence ministers|Federal Minister of Defence]] in the [[Scholz cabinet|government]] of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Olaf Scholz]] since December 2021. |
'''Christine Lambrecht''' (born 19 June 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) who has been serving as the [[List of German defence ministers|Federal Minister of Defence]] in the [[Scholz cabinet|government]] of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Olaf Scholz]] since December 2021. |
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In the [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|government]] of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]], Lambrecht previously served as Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2019–2021),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/spd-barley-lambrecht-justizministerium-1.4492113|title=Christine Lambrecht soll Justizministerin werden|last=Babayiğit|first=Gökalp|date=2019-06-19|work=sueddeutsche.de|access-date=2019-06-19|last2=Berlin|first2=Mike Szymanski|language=de|issn=0174-4917}}</ref> Minister for Family Affairs (2021) and as one of two [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Parliamentary State Secretaries]] at the [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Finance]] (2018– 2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Standardartikel/Ministerium/Leitung/Staatssekretaere/Christine_Lambrecht/Christine-Lambrecht_lebenslauf.html|title=Christine Lambrecht, MdB - Bundesfinanzministerium - Ministerium|website=Bundesministerium der Finanzen|language=de|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426010102/https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Standardartikel/Ministerium/Leitung/Staatssekretaere/Christine_Lambrecht/Christine-Lambrecht_lebenslauf.html|archive-date=2019-04-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to that, she held various roles within the SPD parliamentary group, including as a deputy leader and Chief Whip. |
In the [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|government]] of [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]], Lambrecht previously served as [[Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)|Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2019–2021)]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/spd-barley-lambrecht-justizministerium-1.4492113|title=Christine Lambrecht soll Justizministerin werden|last=Babayiğit|first=Gökalp|date=2019-06-19|work=sueddeutsche.de|access-date=2019-06-19|last2=Berlin|first2=Mike Szymanski|language=de|issn=0174-4917}}</ref> Minister for Family Affairs (2021) and as one of two [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Parliamentary State Secretaries]] at the [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Finance]] (2018– 2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Standardartikel/Ministerium/Leitung/Staatssekretaere/Christine_Lambrecht/Christine-Lambrecht_lebenslauf.html|title=Christine Lambrecht, MdB - Bundesfinanzministerium - Ministerium|website=Bundesministerium der Finanzen|language=de|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426010102/https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Standardartikel/Ministerium/Leitung/Staatssekretaere/Christine_Lambrecht/Christine-Lambrecht_lebenslauf.html|archive-date=2019-04-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to that, she held various roles within the SPD parliamentary group, including as a deputy leader and Chief Whip. |
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== Education and early career == |
== Education and early career == |
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Federal Minister of Defence | |
Assumed office 8 December 2021 | |
Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
Preceded by | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer |
Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth | |
In office 20 May 2021 – 8 December 2021 | |
Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
Preceded by | Franziska Giffey |
Succeeded by | Anne Spiegel |
Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection | |
In office 27 June 2019 – 8 December 2021 | |
Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
Preceded by | Katarina Barley |
Succeeded by | Marco Buschmann |
Parliamentary State Secretary for Finance | |
In office 14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019 Serving with Bettina Hagedorn | |
Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
Minister | Olaf Scholz |
Preceded by | Jens Spahn |
Succeeded by | Sarah Ryglewski |
Chief Whip of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
In office 16 September 2013 – 27 September 2017 | |
Leader | Thomas Oppermann |
Preceded by | Thomas Oppermann |
Succeeded by | Carsten Schneider |
Member of the Bundestag for Hesse | |
In office 22 September 2002 – 26 October 2021 | |
Constituency | Hessian SPD List |
Member of the Bundestag for Bergstraße | |
In office 27 September 1998 – 22 September 2002 | |
Preceded by | Michael Meister |
Succeeded by | Michael Meister |
Personal details | |
Born | Mannheim, West Germany (now Germany) | 19 June 1965
Political party | Social Democratic |
Alma mater | University of Mannheim University of Mainz |
Christine Lambrecht (born 19 June 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Defence in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since December 2021.
In the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lambrecht previously served as Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2019–2021),[1] Minister for Family Affairs (2021) and as one of two Parliamentary State Secretaries at the Federal Ministry of Finance (2018– 2019).[2] Prior to that, she held various roles within the SPD parliamentary group, including as a deputy leader and Chief Whip.
Education and early career
Lambrecht attended the Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium in Viernheim, in the German state of Hessen and in 1984 she passed her Abitur. After this she studied law at the Universities of Mannheim and Mainz, where she graduated in 1992 and completed an internship at State Court in Darmstadt.[3]
Political career
Career in local politics
Lambrecht joined the SPD in 1982 and was a member of the Viernheim City Council from 1985 till 2001, of which she was the chair in the years 1997 till 2001. Additionally she was a member of the Bergstraße County Council from 1989 until 1997.
Member of the German Parliament, 1998–2021
Lambrecht first became a Member of the Bundestag in the 1998 elections. From 1998 until 2002 she was the member for Bergstraße, however, she lost against her CDU challenger in the 2002 federal election and has subsequently always been elected via the SPD Hessian state list. In parliament, she has served on the Committee on Legal Affairs, the Committee on Sports and on the Council of Elders, which sets the agenda for the parliamentary sessions. Lambrecht was seen as being on the left wing of the SPD parliamentary group.[4]
From 2002 until 2005 and from 2013 until 2017, Lambrecht served on the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).
Following the 2009 elections, Lambrecht became her parliamentary group's spokesperson on legal affairs. In 2011, she was elected as a deputy leader of the SPD parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Frank-Walter Steinmeier. She was a deputy leader of the group till her election as Chief Whip of the SPD Parliamentary Group after the 2013 federal election. In the ensuing negotiations to form a third coalition government under Chancellor Angela Merkel, she was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on internal and legal affairs, led by Hans-Peter Friedrich and Thomas Oppermann.
In the negotiations to form Merkel’s fourth coalition government following the 2017 federal elections, Lambrecht was part of the working group on financial policies and taxes, led by Peter Altmaier, Andreas Scheuer and Olaf Scholz. In Merkel's fourth cabinet, she joined the federal government as one of two Parliamentary State Secretaries serving under Finance Minister Olaf Scholz.
Federal Minister of Justice, 2019–2021
On 19 June 2019 it was announced that Lambrecht would succeed justice minister Katarina Barley on the 1 July 2019, after the latter moved to Brussels to serve in the European Parliament.[5]
During Lambrecht's time in office, German authorities fined Facebook 2 million euros for under-reporting complaints about illegal content on its social media platform in breach of the country’s law on internet transparency.[6] In December 2019, she proposed a law requiring internet service providers like Gmail or WhatsApp to handover personal data including passwords upon request.[7]
In response to the burning of an Israeli flag at a demonstration in 2017, Lambrecht led efforts in 2020 to make the destruction of foreign state flags, including that of the European Union, and the denigration of national anthems punishable by a fine and up to three years in prison.[8]
In September 2020, Lambrecht announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[9]
Federal Minister for Family Affairs, 2021
In May 2021, Lambrecht additionally took on the portfolio of the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Women, and Youth, after Franziska Giffey resigned in reaction to her plagiarism affair.
Federal Minister of Defence, 2021–present
Lambrecht was named Federal Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Olaf Scholz, taking office on 8 December 2021.[10]
Early in her tenure, Lambrecht oversaw efforts in 2022 to send up to 350 more German troops to Lithuania, reinforcing a German-led NATO Enhanced Forward Presence combat unit deployed there to deter a Russian attack.[11] Under her leadership, the ministry also announced plans to purchase 35 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to replace its Panavia Tornado.[12]
Other activities
- Academy of European Law (ERA), Ex-Officio Member of the Governing Board (since 2019)[13]
- German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Ex-Officio Chair of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[14]
- Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[15]
- Humboldt Forum, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)
- GIZ, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)[16]
- Jewish Museum Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[17]
Personal life
Lambrecht has one son.
References
- ^ Babayiğit, Gökalp; Berlin, Mike Szymanski (19 June 2019). "Christine Lambrecht soll Justizministerin werden". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Christine Lambrecht, MdB - Bundesfinanzministerium - Ministerium". Bundesministerium der Finanzen (in German). Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag - Christine Lambrecht". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Parlamentarische Linke - Unsere Mitglieder". Parlamentarische Linke (in German). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Babayiğit, Gökalp; Berlin, Mike Szymanski (19 June 2019). "Christine Lambrecht soll Justizministerin werden". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Thomas Escritt (July 2, 2019), Germany fines Facebook for under-reporting complaints Reuters.
- ^ online, heise. "Justizministerium: WhatsApp, Gmail & Co. sollen Passwörter herausgeben müssen". heise online (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Christopher F. Schuetze (May 16, 2020), Germany Criminalizes Burning of E.U. and Other Foreign Flags New York Times.
- ^ Bundesjustizministerin Christine Lambrecht (SPD) tritt nicht mehr an Mannheimer Morgen, September 5, 2020.
- ^ "Verteidigungsministerin Lambrecht hat Amt angetreten". sueddeutsche.de (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Sabine Siebold and Andrius Sytas (7 February 2022), Germany to send up to 350 more troops to Lithuania Reuters.
- ^ Sabine Siebold and Andreas Rinke (14 March 2022), Germany to buy 35 Lockheed F-35 fighter jets from U.S. amid Ukraine crisis Reuters.
- ^ Governing Board Academy of European Law (ERA).
- ^ Board of Trustees German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK).
- ^ Board of Trustees Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation.
- ^ Members of the Supervisory Board GIZ.
- ^ Board of Trustees Jewish Museum Berlin.
- 1965 births
- Living people
- 20th-century German women
- 21st-century German women politicians
- Defence ministers of Germany
- Female defence ministers
- Female justice ministers
- Female members of the Bundestag
- Justice ministers of Germany
- Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
- Members of the Bundestag for Hesse
- Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
- Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
- Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
- Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005
- Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002
- Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Parliamentary State Secretaries of Germany
- Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
- University of Mannheim alumni