Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Osnabrück-West
In office 14 November 2017 – 19 January 2023
Preceded by
Burkhard Jasper
Succeeded by
Daniela Behrens
Personal details
Born
Boris Ludwig Pistorius
(1960-03-14) 14 March 1960 (age 64) Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Political party
Social Democratic Party (1976–present)
Spouse
Sabine Pistorius
(died 2015)
Domestic partner
Doris Schröder-Köpf[1] (2016–2022)
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Münster
Osnabrück University
Catholic University of the West
Occupation
Politician
Civil Servant
Lawyer
Foreign Trade Clerk
Signature
Website
Official website
Military service
Allegiance
Germany
Branch/service
Bundeswehr
Years of service
1980–1981
Unit
German Army (Heer) / Flugabwehrregiment 11
Boris Pistorius (German pronunciation:[ˈbɔʁɪspɪsˈtoːʁiʊs];[2] born 14 March 1960) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 19 January 2023.
Pistorius had previously been State Minister for Interior and Sports in the state government of Lower Saxony (Cabinet Weil II) since 2013.[3] He served in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony from 2017, until his appointment as Federal Minister in 2023.[4]
^"Schröder-Köpf und Minister Pistorius sind ein Paar" (in German). Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^"Petra Köpping & Boris Pistorius". YouTube. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^"Innenminister Boris Pistorius". Niedersachsen (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
^"Boris Pistorius". Landtag Niedersachsen (in German). Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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additional numbers of its soldiers. Later, German Defense Minister BorisPistorius declared that he had no immediate plans to send additional forces,...
delegation in the working group on migration and integration, co-chaired by BorisPistorius, Luise Amtsberg and Joachim Stamp. After the coalition was successfully...
Current commander Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz Minister of Defence BorisPistorius Inspector General General Carsten Breuer Inspector of the Army Lieutenant...
October 2020. "Pistorius and Köpping are running for SPD chairmanship". Der Spiegel (in German). 16 August 2019. "Petra Köpping & BorisPistorius". SPD.de (in...
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