Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer took office as Federal Minister of Defence in July 2019. She served as state premier of the Saarland from 2011 to 2018, and has been Chairwoman of the CDU since December 2018.
(Photo: Sebastian Wilke/Bundeswehr)
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Born on 9 August 1962 in Völklingen; married, three children
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1982
Abitur (higher education entrance qualification) -
1982 - 1990
Studied law and politics at the Universities of Trier and Saarbrücken -
1981
Joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
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1981
Joined the Frauen Union, the women’s section of the CDU -
1984 to 2000 and 2009 to 2011
Member of Püttlingen town council -
1989
Became a member of the Christlich-Demokratischen Arbeitnehmerschaft (CDA – Christian Democratic Employees’ Association) -
1989 to 1994 and 1999 to 2000
Deputy executive, Püttlingen -
1991 to 1998
Policy and planning officer, CDU Saar -
1998 to 2011
Chairwoman of the CDU municipal association, Püttlingen -
1998
Member of the German Bundestag -
1999 to 2000
Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU parliamentary group in the Saarland state parliament -
1999 to 2012
Chairwoman of the Frauen Union in Saarland -
1999 to 2018
Member of the Saarland state parliament -
2000 to 2004
Minister of the Interior and Sport, Saarland (Germany’s first female minister of the interior) -
since 2003
Vice Federal Chairwoman of the Frauen Union -
2003 to 2011
Vice Chairwoman of the CDU Saar -
2004 to 2007
Minister of the Interior, Family Affairs, Women and Sport, Saarland -
2007 to 2009
Minister of Education, Women, Family Affairs and Culture, Saarland -
2009 to 2011
Minister of Labour, Family, Preventive Action, Social Affairs and Sport, Saarland -
2010 to 2012
Chairwoman of the CDU federal expert committee on "Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth" -
since 2010
Member of the Presidium of the CDU Germany -
2011 to 2012
Minister of Justice, Saarland -
since 2011
Member of the Federal Executive of the CDU Germany -
2011 to 2018
State premier of the Saarland -
2012 to 2018
Minister of Science and Research, Saarland -
2018
Secretary General of the CDU Germany -
since December 2018
Chairwoman of the CDU Germany -
since July 2019
Federal Minister of Defence