Bärbel Bas
Bärbel Bas | |
|---|---|
Bas in 2025 | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Hubertus Heil |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2025 Serving with Lars Klingbeil | |
| Deputy | Petra Köpping Serpil Midyatli Achim Post Anke Rehlinger Alexander Schweitzer |
| General Secretary | Tim Klüssendorf |
| Preceded by | Saskia Esken |
| President of the Bundestag | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Succeeded by | Julia Klöckner |
| Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
| In office 24 September 2019 – 26 September 2021 | |
| Leader | Rolf Mützenich |
| Preceded by | Karl Lauterbach |
| Succeeded by | Dagmar Schmidt |
| Member of the Bundestag for Duisburg I | |
| Assumed office 27 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Petra Weis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1968 |
| Party | SPD (since 1988) |
| Spouse |
Siegfried Ambrosius
(m. 2015; died 2020) |
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Bärbel Bas (German: [ˈbɛʁbl̩ ˈbaːs]; born 3 May 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. Also since 2025, she has been serving as one of two co-leaders of her party, alongside Lars Klingbeil.
Bas has been a member of the German Bundestag since the federal election in 2009. She served as the 14th president of the Bundestag from 2021 to 2025. She also served as the deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group under the leadership of chairman Rolf Mützenich from 2019 to 2021.