Barbara Hendricks (politician)

Barbara Anne Hendricks (born 29 April 1952) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018.

Barbara Hendricks
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
In office
17 December 2013  14 March 2018
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byPeter Altmaier
Succeeded bySvenja Schulze
Treasurer of the Social Democratic Party
In office
26 October 2007  26 January 2014
LeaderKurt Beck
Franz Müntefering
Sigmar Gabriel
Preceded byInge Wettig-Danielmeier
Succeeded byDietmar Nietan
Parliamentary Secretary of State for Finance
In office
27 October 1998  16 November 2007
MinisterOskar Lafontaine
Hans Eichel
Peer Steinbrück
Preceded byImgard Karwatzki
Succeeded bySteffen Kampeter
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
16 October 1994  26 October 2021
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1952-04-29) 29 April 1952
Kleve, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Bonn

From 2007 to 2013, Hendricks was Federal Treasurer of the SPD, and from 1998 to 2007 she was Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Finance.

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