Julia Klöckner
Julia Klöckner | |
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Klöckner in 2024 | |
| President of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bärbel Bas |
| Minister of Food and Agriculture | |
| In office 14 March 2018 – 8 December 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Christian Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Cem Özdemir |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 25 September 2010 – 26 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Christian Baldauf |
| Succeeded by | Christian Baldauf |
| Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| In office 4 December 2012 – 20 January 2022 | |
| Leader | Angela Merkel Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Armin Laschet |
| Preceded by | Annette Schavan |
| Succeeded by | Karin Prien |
| Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| In office 18 May 2011 – 14 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Christian Baldauf |
| Succeeded by | Christian Baldauf |
| Member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate for Bad Kreuznach | |
| In office 18 May 2011 – 1 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Carsten Pörksen |
| Succeeded by | Helmut Martin |
| Parliamentary Secretary of State for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection | |
| In office 27 September 2009 – 15 February 2011 | |
| Minister | Ilse Aigner |
| Preceded by | Ursula Heinen |
| Succeeded by | Peter Bleser |
| Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Antje Lezius |
| Constituency | Kreuznach |
| In office 17 October 2002 – 18 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Fritz Rudolf Körper |
| Succeeded by | Antje Lezius |
| Constituency | Kreuznach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 December 1972 Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany |
| Political party | CDU (since 1997) |
| Spouse |
Ralph Grieser
(m. 2019; div. 2023) |
| Domestic partner | Helmut Ortner (2000–2017) |
| Alma mater | University of Mainz |
Julia Klöckner (born 16 December 1972) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as President of the German Bundestag since 25 March 2025.
Previously, Klöckner served as Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021. Since 2012, she has also been part of the CDU leadership.
Klöckner first became known in 1995 when she was chosen as the German Wine Queen (Deutsche Weinkönigin). From 2002 to 2011 she was a Member of Parliament for Kreuznach in the German Bundestag and, from 2009 to February 2011, she was a parliamentary undersecretary in the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Since 25 September 2010 she has chaired the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU party and, since March 2011, the CDU group in the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate, the state parliament. Since 15 November 2010 she has been on the CDU's national Präsidium (executive committee) and on 4 December 2012 she was elected as one of the Deputy Federal Chairpeople of the CDU.