Annalena Baerbock

Annalena Baerbock
Baerbock in 2024
President-Elect of the United Nations General Assembly
Assuming office
10 September 2025
SucceedingPhilémon Yang
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
8 December 2021  6 May 2025
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byHeiko Maas
Succeeded byJohann Wadephul
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
In office
27 January 2018  29 January 2022
Serving with Robert Habeck
Deputy
Preceded bySimone Peter
Succeeded byRicarda Lang
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
in Brandenburg
In office
14 November 2009  16 November 2013
Serving with Benjamin Raschke
Preceded bySka Keller
Succeeded byPetra Budke
Member of the Bundestag
for Brandenburg
In office
22 October 2013  30 June 2025
Preceded byCornelia Behm
Succeeded byAndrea Lübcke
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born
Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock

(1980-12-15) 15 December 1980
Hanover, West Germany
Political partyThe Greens (since 2005)
Spouse
Daniel Holefleisch
(m. 2007; sep. 2024)
Children2
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • journalist
  • diplomat
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Websiteannalena-baerbock.de

Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock (German: [anaˈleːna ˈbɛːɐ̯bɔk] ; born 15 December 1980) is a German politician and diplomat of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. She served as Germany's minister for foreign affairs from 2021 to 2025. In June 2025, she was elected to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly during its 80th session, beginning in September 2025.

From 2018 to January 2022, Baerbock served as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Robert Habeck. She was the party's candidate for chancellor in the 2021 federal election. Olaf Scholz from SPD secured the chancellery instead of Baerbock. After the election, the Greens formed a traffic light coalition led by Olaf Scholz, and Baerbock was sworn in as Germany's first female foreign minister on 8 December 2021.

Born in Hanover, West Germany, in 1980, Baerbock attended the University of Hamburg and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was first elected to the Bundestag in 2013. From 2012 to 2015, she was a member of the party council of Alliance 90/The Greens and from 2009 to 2013, the leader of her party's group in the state of Brandenburg.