Bärbel Bas
Bärbel Bas | |
|---|---|
Bas in 2025 | |
| Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Hubertus Heil |
| President of the Bundestag | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Succeeded by | Julia Klöckner |
| Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
| In office 24 September 2019 – 26 September 2021 | |
| Leader | Rolf Mützenich |
| Preceded by | Karl Lauterbach |
| Succeeded by | Dagmar Schmidt |
| Member of the Bundestag for Duisburg I | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Petra Weis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1968 Duisburg, West Germany |
| Political party | SPD (since 1988) |
| Spouse |
Siegfried Ambrosius
(m. 2015; died 2020) |
Bärbel Bas (German: [ˈbɛʁbl̩ ˈbaːs]; born 3 May 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. She previously served as President of the Bundestag from 2021 to 2025. Bas is expected to become the next co-leader of her party.
Bas has been a member of the German Bundestag since the federal election in 2009. She served as the 14th president of the Bundestag from 2021 to 2025. She also served as the deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group under the leadership of chairman Rolf Mützenich from 2019 to 2021.