Monika Grütters

Monika Grütters
Grütters in 2009
Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media
In office
17 December 2013  8 December 2021
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byBernd Neumann
Succeeded byClaudia Roth
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in Berlin
In office
2 December 2016  19 May 2019
Preceded byFrank Henkel
Succeeded byKai Wegner
Member of the Bundestag
for Berlin
In office
26 October 2021  2025
Preceded byFrank Steffel
ConstituencyBerlin-Reinickendorf
In office
18 September 2005  26 October 2021
ConstituencyCDU List
Member of the Berlin House of Representatives
In office
22 October 1995  18 September 2005
ConstituencyCDU List
Personal details
Born (1962-01-09) 9 January 1962
Münster, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Alma materRheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Monika Grütters (born 9 January 1962) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Staatsministerin für Kultur und Medien) in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013-2021. She was a member of the German Bundestag from 2005 to 2025, where she served as chairwoman of the Committee on Culture and Media Affairs from 2009 to 2013. Since December 2016, Grütters has also been the chairwoman of the CDU Berlin and an elected member of the CDU Federal Executive Board.