Annalena Baerbock

Annalena Baerbock

Annalena Baerbock has been Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs since 8 December 2021. Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party serving as Germany’s minister for foreign affairs since 2021. From 2018 to January 2022, Baerbock served as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Robert Habeck.

Biography

Born in Hanover on 15 December 1980

2000
Higher education entrance qualification

2000 to 2005
Studies in Political Science with an undergraduate degree (UniversitätHamburg) and studies in Public International Law with a Master of Laws, LLM (London School of Economics and Political Science)

2005 to 2008
Staff member and Head of Office for Elisabeth Schroedter, Member of the European Parliament

2008 to 2009
Adviser on issues of foreign and security policy, Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the German Bundestag

2008
Admission to the doctoral programme at Freie Universität Berlin – degree not completed

2009 to 2013
Chairperson of Alliance 90/The Greens, Brandenburg chapter

Since 2013
Member of the German Bundestag

2018 to 2022
Co-Chairperson of Alliance 90/The Greens

Since 8 December 2021
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs