Britta Ernst
Britta Ernst | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernst in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse of the Chancellor of Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In role 8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joachim Sauer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Charlotte Merz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Education, Youth and Sport of Brandenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 28 September 2017 – 17 April 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President | Dietmar Woidke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Günter Baaske | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Steffen Freiberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Kultusministerkonferenz | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Stefanie Hubig | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Karin Prien | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for School and Professional Education of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 16 September 2014 – 28 June 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President | Torsten Albig | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Waltraud Wende | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Karin Prien | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 February 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Social Democratic Party (1978–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Hamburger Universität für Wirtschaft und Politik | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Britta Ernst (born 23 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as the State Minister for Education and Youth of Brandenburg from 2017 to 2023. She was a member of the Hamburg Parliament from 1997 to 2011, served as School Minister of Schleswig-Holstein from 2014 to 2017, and as president of the Kultusministerkonferenz in 2021. She is the wife of the former chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz.