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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
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Person

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

b. 1962

German politician, former federal minister of defence

Born
9 Aug 1962 · Völklingen

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 74 years
  1. 9 Aug 1962BornBorn in Völklingen
  2. 1998RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  3. 1999 – 2004RoleMember of the Landtag of Saarland
  4. 2004 – 2009RoleMember of the Landtag of Saarland
  5. 2009 – 2012RoleMember of the Landtag of Saarland
  6. 2011 – 2018RoleChairperson
  7. 2011 – 2018RoleMinister-President of the Saarland
  8. 2011 – 2014RoleCommissioner for Franco-German Cooperation
  9. 2012 – 2017RoleMember of the Landtag of Saarland
  10. 2014AwardCommander of the French Order of Academic Palms
  11. 2015AwardElsie Kühn Leitz Prize
  12. 2015AwardOrden wider den tierischen Ernst
  13. 2015RolePresident
  14. 2016AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
  15. 2017 – 2018RoleMember of the Landtag of Saarland
  16. 2017AwardGolden Duck
  17. 2018RoleSecretary General of the CDU
  18. 2018 – 2021RoleLeader of the Christian Democratic Union
  19. 2019 – 2021RoleFederal Minister of Defence
  20. 2021RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  21. 2023AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1962 – today).

  1. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  5. 1968Prague Spring
  6. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  7. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  8. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  11. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  12. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  13. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  14. 1985Schengen Agreement
  15. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  16. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  17. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  19. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  21. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  22. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  23. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  24. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  25. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  26. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  27. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  28. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  29. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  30. 20112011 Norway attacks
  31. 2011Libyan civil war
  32. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  33. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  34. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  35. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  36. 2015Paris Agreement
  37. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  38. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  39. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  40. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war

Biography

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (German: [ˈanəɡʁeːt ˈkʁamp ˈkaʁənˌbaʊɐ]; née Kramp; born 9 August 1962), sometimes referred to by her initials of AKK, is a retired German politician who has been serving as chair of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation since 2026. She served as Minister of Defence from 2019 to 2021 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2018 to 2021.

In February 2020, Kramp-Karrenbauer announced that she would resign her position as CDU leader later in the year and would not put herself forward as a candidate for chancellor for the 2021 federal election. She was succeeded by Armin Laschet at the January 2021 CDU leadership election.

Kramp-Karrenbauer previously served as secretary general of the party and as Minister President of Saarland from 2011 to 2018, the first woman to lead the Government of Saarland and fourth woman to head a German state government. Kramp-Karrenbauer is regarded as socially conservative, but on the CDU's left wing in economic policy and has been described as a centrist. She is an active Catholic and has served on the Central Committee of German Catholics. She is the second woman to hold the office of German defence minister. She was succeeded by Christine Lambrecht.

In October 2021 she proposed for the use of nuclear weapons against Russia via a First-Strike capability as a deterrence against any "provocation" or aggression.

She renounced her Bundestag mandate and retired from politics after the 2021 federal election.

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