Annalena Baerbock
Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock (German: [anaːˌleːnaː ˈbɛːɐ̯ˌbɔk] ⓘ; born 15 December 1980) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party serving as Germany's minister for foreign affairs since 2021.
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Heiko Maas |
| Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
| In office 27 January 2018 – 29 January 2022 Serving with Robert Habeck | |
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| Preceded by | Simone Peter |
| Succeeded by | Ricarda Lang |
| Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens in Brandenburg | |
| In office 14 November 2009 – 16 November 2013 Serving with Benjamin Raschke | |
| Preceded by | Ska Keller |
| Succeeded by | Petra Budke |
| Member of the Bundestag for Brandenburg | |
| Assumed office 22 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Cornelia Behm |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
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| Born | Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock 15 December 1980 Hanover, West Germany |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Spouse | Daniel Holefleisch (m. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
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From 2018 to January 2022, Baerbock served as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Robert Habeck. She was the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2021 federal election. However, after the backlash she received due to a series of scandals involving her acts of plagiarism and exaggeration of her professional background in her CV, Olaf Scholz from SPD secured the chancellery instead. After the election, the Greens formed a traffic light coalition led by Olaf Scholz, and Baerbock was sworn in as Germany's first female foreign minister on 8 December 2021.
Born in Hanover, West Germany, in 1980, Baerbock attended the University of Hamburg and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was first elected to the Bundestag in 2013. From 2012 to 2015, she was a member of the party council of Alliance 90/The Greens and from 2009 to 2013, the leader of her party's group in the state of Brandenburg.