Malu Dreyer

German politician

Maria Luise Anna "Malu" Dreyer (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician (SPD). Since 13 January 2013, she has been the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate. She is the first woman to hold this office. She was the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 – 2017, which made her the deputy to the President of Germany while in office.

Malu Dreyer
Dreyer in 2019
Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate
Assumed office
16 January 2013
DeputyEveline Lemke
Volker Wissing
Preceded byKurt Beck
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Acting
In office
3 June 2019 – 6 December 2019
General SecretaryLars Klingbeil
Preceded byAndrea Nahles
Succeeded byNorbert Walter-Borjans & Saskia Esken
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office
7 December 2017 – 6 December 2019
LeaderMartin Schulz
Olaf Scholz (Acting)
Andrea Nahles
Manuela Schwesig (Acting)
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (Acting)
Herself (Acting)
Preceded byAydan Özoğuz
Succeeded bySerpil Midyatli
President of the Federal Council
In office
1 November 2016 – 1 November 2017
PresidentJoachim Gauck
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byStanislaw Tillich
Succeeded byMichael Müller
Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Rhineland-Palatinate
In office
15 March 2002 – 15 January 2013
PremierKurt Beck
Preceded byFlorian Gerster
Succeeded byAlexander Schweitzer
Member of the
Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate
for Trier
In office
26 March 2006 – 1 August 2016
Preceded byChristoph Grimm
Succeeded bySven Teuber
Personal details
Born (1961-02-06) 6 February 1961 (age 63)
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Alma materJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Websitewww.malu-dreyer.com Edit this at Wikidata

In late 2017, SPD members elected Dreyer to the party’s national leadership for the first time as a vice chair.[1]

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