Michelle Müntefering

Michelle Müntefering
Michelle Müntefering (2019)
Minister of State for International Cultural Policy
In office
14 March 2018  8 December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byKatja Keul
Member of the Bundestag
for Herne – Bochum II
In office
22 October 2013  2025
Preceded byGerd Bollmann
Personal details
Born
Michelle-Jasmin Gabriele Schumann

(1980-04-09) 9 April 1980
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Nationality Germany
Political partySPD

Michelle-Jasmin Gabriele Müntefering (née Schumann; born 9 April 1980) is a German journalist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2013, representing the Herne – Bochum II district.

Müntefering was a member of the party executive board in North Rhine-Westphalia from 2004 to 2014. In addition to her parliamentary mandate, she served as Minister of State (Parliamentary State Secretary) at the Federal Foreign Office under minister Heiko Maas in the fourth government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 until 2021.