Nancy Faeser

Nancy Faeser
Faeser in 2019
Minister of the Interior and Community
Assumed office
8 December 2021
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byHorst Seehofer (as Minister of the Interior, Building and Community)
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse
Assumed office
1 October 2019
General SecretaryChristoph Degen
DeputyKirsten Fründt
Timon Gremmels
Kaweh Mansoori
Preceded byThorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of Hesse
In office
4 September 2019 – 8 December 2021
Preceded byThorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Succeeded byvacant
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse
In office
2014–2019
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
Assumed office
5 April 2003
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1970-07-13) 13 July 1970
Bad Soden, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Children1
ResidenceSchwalbach am Taunus
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Academic
  • Lawyer
Website

Nancy Faeser (born 13 July 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), serving as Federal Minister of the Interior since 2021. She has served as a member of the State Parliament of Hesse since the 2003 elections.[1] In 2019, she became the party's leader in Hesse, succeeding Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel. On 6 December 2021, it was announced that she will become the first female Interior Minister of Germany in the Scholz cabinet.[2]

Early career

From 2000 until 2007, Faeser worked as a lawyer at the Frankfurt office of Clifford Chance.[3]

Political career

Faeser joined the SPD in 1988.[4]

In parliament, Faeser has served as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (2003–2009), the Committee on the Election of Judges (2003–2013), the Committee on Economic Affairs, Energy and Transport (2014–2018) and the Committee on Internal Affairs (since 2009).[5] From 2009, she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson on internal affairs. In 2019, she was elected the group's chairwoman.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Faeser was part of her party's delegation in the working group on migration and integration, co-chaired by Boris Pistorius, Luise Amtsberg and Joachim Stamp.[6] After the coalition was successfully formed, Faeser became interior minister in the new government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Other activities

References
  1. "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. Stroh, Kassian (6 December 2021). "Lauterbach wird Gesundheitsminister, Scholz benennt SPD-Minister". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. Nancy Faeser State Parliament of Hesse.
  4. Susanne Höll (29 January 2019), Profil: Nancy Faeser Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  5. Nancy Faeser State Parliament of Hesse.
  6. Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  7. EBS Law School: Advisory Board of Trustees EBS University of Business and Law.
  8. Broadcasting Council: Nancy Faeser Hessischer Rundfunk.
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