This article is about the politician. For the journalist, see Christian Lindner (journalist).
Christian Lindner
MdB
Lindner in 2021
Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2021
Chancellor
Olaf Scholz
Preceded by
Olaf Scholz
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2013
Deputy
Wolfgang Kubicki Nicola Beer Johannes Vogel
General Secretary
Nicola Beer Linda Teuteberg Volker Wissing
Preceded by
Philipp Rösler
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office 24 October 2017 – 7 December 2021
Chief Whip
Marco Buschmann
Deputy
Katja Suding Michael Theurer Stephan Thomae Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Christian Dürr Frank Sitta
Preceded by
Rainer Brüderle (2013)
Succeeded by
Christian Dürr
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017
Preceded by
Gerhard Papke
Succeeded by
Christof Rasche
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 13 May 2012 – 27 November 2017
Preceded by
Daniel Bahr
Succeeded by
Joachim Stamp
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party
In office 24 December 2009 – 14 December 2011
Leader
Guido Westerwelle Philipp Rösler
Preceded by
Dirk Niebel
Succeeded by
Patrick Döring
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 October 2017
Preceded by
multi-member district
Constituency
Free Democratic Party List
In office 27 October 2009 – 10 July 2012
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
Hans-Werner Ehrenberg
Constituency
Free Democratic Party List
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
Lorenz Deutsch
Constituency
Free Democratic Party List
In office 1 June 2000 – 18 November 2009
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
Ute Dreckmann
Constituency
Free Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born
Christian Wolfgang Lindner
(1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 45) Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political party
Free Democratic Party
Spouses
Dagmar Rosenfeld
(m. 2011; div. 2020)
Franca Lehfeldt
(m. 2022)
Alma mater
University of Bonn
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Germany
Branch/service
Bundeswehr
Years of service
2002–present
Rank
Major
Unit
German Air Force Reserve
Christian Wolfgang Lindner (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Finance since 8 December 2021. He has been the party leader of the FDP since 2013 and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) for North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017, previously holding a seat from 2009 until 2012.[1][2]
^"Christian Lindner ist Bundesminister der Finanzen". German Federal Ministry of Finance.
^"Geschäftsordnung der Bundesregierung". Die Bundesregierung (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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