Minister for the Economy, Labour, Energy and Transport of Saarland
In office 9 May 2012 – 17 December 2013
Minister President
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded by
Peter Jacoby
Succeeded by
Anke Rehlinger
Minister for Energy, Transport and the Environment of Saarland
In office 9 November 1998 – 29 September 1999
Minister President
Reinhard Klimmt
Preceded by
Willy Leonhardt
Succeeded by
Stefan Mörsdorf
Member of the Bundestag for Saarland
In office 26 October 2021 – 16 December 2022
Preceded by
Peter Altmaier
Succeeded by
Emily Vontz
Constituency
Saarlouis
In office 24 September 2017 – 26 October 2021
Constituency
SPD state-wide list
Member of the Landtag of Saarland
In office 16 October 1994 – 17 December 2013
Personal details
Born
Heiko Josef Maas
(1966-09-19) 19 September 1966 (age 57) Saarlouis, West Germany (present-day Germany)
Political party
Social Democratic Party
Domestic partner
Natalia Wörner[1]
Alma mater
Saarland University
Heiko Josef Maas (German pronunciation:[ˈhaɪkoːˈjoːzɛfˈmaːs]; born 19 September 1966 in Saarlouis) is a German lawyer[2] and former politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018–2021) and as the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (2013–2018) in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel.[3] Since 2022, he has been practicing as a lawyer.[4]
Maas was born in Saarlouis to a Catholic family, and is a lawyer. Before his appointment to the federal cabinet he was active in state politics in Saarland, where he served as Minister of the Environment, Energy and Transport (1998–1999), Minister of Economy, Labor, Energy and Transport (2012–2013) and Deputy Minister-President (2012–2013).[5]
^Natalia Wörner über die Liebe zu Heiko Maas. In: vip.de
^Marcus Jung (15 December 2022), Heiko Maas wechselt in Kanzlei GSK Stockmann Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
^"SPD: Heiko Maas wird Außenminister in neuer Bundesregierung - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Der Spiegel (in German). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^Marcus Jung (15 December 2022), Heiko Maas wechselt in Kanzlei GSK Stockmann Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
^Cite error: The named reference OfficialProfile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Heiko Josef Maas (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪkoː ˈjoːzɛf ˈmaːs]; born 19 September 1966 in Saarlouis) is a German lawyer and former politician of the Social...
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parliamentary group's deputy chairwoman, under the leadership of chairman HeikoMaas. Between 2012 and 2014, Rehlinger was state minister of justice, consumer...
murder". On 24 August, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister HeikoMaas in a joint statement called on the Russian authorities to clarify in detail...
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sparking controversy in both Thailand and Germany. German foreign minister HeikoMaas has warned the King not to govern from German soil. He also mentioned...
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internal and legal affairs, led by Thomas de Maizière, Stephan Mayer and HeikoMaas. In the 2019 SPD leadership election, Pistorius was a candidate for the...
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imposition of sanctions against EU companies conducting legitimate business." HeikoMaas, German Foreign Minister at the time, tweeted that "European energy policy...
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journalists and other commentators, including Peer Steinbrück, Jürgen Trittin, HeikoMaas, Jeremy Scahill, Noam Chomsky, and Glenn Greenwald. In 2015, Jung shifted...
including António Guterres, the secretary general of the United Nations; HeikoMaas, the German foreign minister; and Moussa Faki Mahamat, African Union chairman...