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This article is about the German politician Barbara Anne Hendricks. For the opera singer, see Barbara Hendricks.
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.
Quick Facts Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Chancellor ...
Barbara Hendricks | |
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Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety | |
In office 17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018 | |
Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
Preceded by | Peter Altmaier |
Succeeded by | Svenja Schulze |
Treasurer of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 26 October 2007 – 26 January 2014 | |
Leader | Kurt Beck Franz Müntefering Sigmar Gabriel |
Preceded by | Inge Wettig-Danielmeier |
Succeeded by | Dietmar Nietan |
Parliamentary Secretary of State for Finance | |
In office 27 October 1998 – 16 November 2007 | |
Minister | Oskar Lafontaine Hans Eichel Peer Steinbrück |
Preceded by | Imgard Karwatzki |
Succeeded by | Steffen Kampeter |
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia | |
In office 16 October 1994 – 26 October 2021 | |
Constituency | Social Democratic Party List |
Personal details | |
Born | (1952-04-29) 29 April 1952 (age 72) Kleve, West Germany (now Germany) |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Bonn |
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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.[1]