Karin Prien
Karin Prien | |
|---|---|
Prien in 2025 | |
| Minister for Education, Family, Seniors, Women and Youth | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Cem Özdemir (as Minister of Education and Research) Lisa Paus (as Minister of Family, Seniors, Women and Youth) |
| Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2022 | |
| Leader | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Julia Klöckner |
| Minister for Education, Training, Science, Research and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein | |
| In office 28 June 2017 – 7 May 2025 | |
| Minister-President | Daniel Günther |
| Preceded by | Britta Ernst |
| Succeeded by | Dorit Stenke |
| Member of the Hamburg Parliament | |
| In office 20 February 2011 – 28 June 2017 | |
| Constituency | Altona |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karin Kraus 26 June 1965 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (since 1981) |
| Spouse | Jochen Prien |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Politician |
Karin Prien (née Kraus; born 26 June 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving Federal Minister for Education, Family, Seniors, Woman and Youth in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025; she is the first Jewish person to hold a post in a post-war German government.
From 2017 to 2025, Prien served as State Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein in the government of Minister-President Daniel Günther. Since 2022, she has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU, under the leadership of chairman Friedrich Merz.