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Julia Klöckner

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Julia Klöckner
Klöckner in 2024
President of the Bundestag
Assumed office
25 March 2025
Preceded byBärbel Bas
Minister of Food and Agriculture
In office
14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byChristian Schmidt
Succeeded byCem Özdemir
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
25 September 2010 – 26 March 2022
Preceded byChristian Baldauf
Succeeded byChristian Baldauf
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
In office
4 December 2012 – 20 January 2022
LeaderAngela Merkel
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Armin Laschet
Preceded byAnnette Schavan
Succeeded byKarin Prien
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
18 May 2011 – 14 March 2018
Preceded byChristian Baldauf
Succeeded byChristian Baldauf
Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
for Bad Kreuznach
In office
18 May 2011 – 1 April 2018
Preceded byCarsten Pörksen
Succeeded byHelmut Martin
Parliamentary Secretary of State for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
In office
27 September 2009 – 15 February 2011
MinisterIlse Aigner
Preceded byUrsula Heinen
Succeeded byPeter Bleser
Member of the Bundestag
for Rhineland-Palatinate
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Preceded byAntje Lezius
ConstituencyKreuznach
In office
17 October 2002 – 18 May 2011
Preceded byFritz Rudolf Körper
Succeeded byAntje Lezius
ConstituencyKreuznach
Personal details
Born (1972-12-16) 16 December 1972 (age 53)
Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Political partyCDU (since 1997)
Spouse(s)
Ralph Grieser
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(m. 2019; div. 2023)​
Domestic partnerHelmut Ortner (2000–2017)
Jörg Pilawa (since 2025)
Alma materUniversity of Mainz

Julia Klöckner (born 16 December 1972) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been the President of the Bundestag since 2025. She was Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ Paul Carrel and Thorsten Severin (24 January 2016), Merkel's party, sliding in polls, weighs German 'border centres' Reuters.