Bärbel Kofler

Bärbel Kofler (born 24 May 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. She has been a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2004.

Bärbel Kofler
Kofler in 2019
Federal Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance
In office
March 2016  December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
MinisterFrank-Walter Steinmeier
Sigmar Gabriel
Heiko Maas
Preceded byChristoph Strässer
Succeeded byLuise Amtsberg
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2004
Personal details
Born (1967-05-24) 24 May 1967
Freilassing, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD
Alma mater
  • Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences
  • University of Salzburg

From 2016 until 2021, Kofler served as Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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