Dorothee Bär
Dorothee Bär | |
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Bär in 2025 | |
| Minister for Research, Technology and Space | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Cem Özdemir (as Minister for Education and Research) |
| Minister of State for Digitization | |
| In office 14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Parliamentary State Secretary for Transport and Digital Infrastructure | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Alexander Dobrindt Christian Schmidt (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Andreas Scheuer |
| Succeeded by | Steffen Bilger |
| Deputy General Secretary of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria | |
| In office 9 February 2009 – 1 February 2017 | |
| Leader | Horst Seehofer |
| Preceded by | Joachim Herrmann |
| Succeeded by | Markus Blume |
| Member of the Bundestag for Bad Kissingen | |
| Assumed office 22 September 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Eduard Lintner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dorothee Gisela Renate Maria Mantel 19 April 1978 Bamberg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CSU (since 1994) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Signature | |
| Website | www |
Dorothee Gisela Renate Maria Bär (née Mantel; born 19 April 1978) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.
Bär has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2014 to 2021, she served in various capacities in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel.