German politician, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017
Hannelore Kraft
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Kraft in 2017
Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 14 July 2010 – 27 June 2017
Deputy
Sylvia Löhrmann
Preceded by
Jürgen Rüttgers
Succeeded by
Armin Laschet
President of the Bundesrat
In office 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2011
Deputy
Jens Böhrnsen
Preceded by
Jens Böhrnsen
Succeeded by
Horst Seehofer
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 20 January 2007 – 14 May 2017
Deputy
Marc Herter Elvan Korkmaz
Preceded by
Jochen Dieckmann
Succeeded by
Michael Groschek
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 13 November 2009 – 14 May 2017
Leader
Sigmar Gabriel Martin Schulz
Preceded by
Andrea Nahles
Succeeded by
Natascha Kohnen
Minister of Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 12 November 2002 – 31 May 2005
Minister-President
Peer Steinbrück
Preceded by
Gabriele Behler
Succeeded by
Andreas Pinkwart
Minister of Federal and European Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 24 April 2001 – 12 November 2002
Minister-President
Wolfgang Clement
Preceded by
Detlev Samland
Succeeded by
Wolfram Kuschke
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia for Mülheim I (Mülheim an der Ruhr II – Essen VII; 2000–2005)
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2000
Preceded by
Constituency established
Personal details
Born
Hannelore Külzhammer
(1961-06-12) 12 June 1961 (age 62) Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany
Political party
Social Democratic Party
Alma mater
Comprehensive University of Duisburg
Signature
Website
www.hannelore-kraft.de
Hannelore Kraft (néeKülzhammer; born 12 June 1961) is a German politician. She served as the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was the third woman to become head of a state government in Germany. Between 1 November 2010 and 31 October 2011, she was the President of the Bundesrat, again the first woman to hold the office.[1] She is the former leader of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia and served on the SPD's federal executive from November 2009 until May 2017, and was one of the four federal deputy chairs.[2]
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June 2001 until the October state election. The first government of HanneloreKraft in North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising a coalition of the SPD and Greens...
(President of Finland), Simonetta Sommaruga (President of Switzerland), HanneloreKraft (Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia), Jürgen Linden (Speaker...
delegation in the working group on energy policy, led by Peter Altmaier and HanneloreKraft. In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of...
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