Katherina Reiche
Katherina Reiche | |
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Reiche in 2025 | |
| Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Robert Habeck (as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action) |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 27 September 1998 – 4 September 2015 | |
| Constituency | Brandenburg |
| Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure | |
| In office 17 December 2013 – 4 September 2015 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Alexander Dobrindt |
| Preceded by | Jan Mücke |
| Succeeded by | Enak Ferlemann |
| Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety | |
| In office 28 October 2009 – 17 December 2013 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Minister | Norbert Röttgen Peter Altmaier |
| Preceded by | Michael Müller |
| Succeeded by | Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter |
| Deputy Chairperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1973 |
| Party | CDU (since 1992) |
| Spouse | |
| Domestic partner | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (since 2025) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Potsdam Clarkson University |
| Occupation | Chemist, Politician |
| Website | katherina-reiche |
Katherina Reiche (born 16 July 1973) is a German manager and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy in the cabinet of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since May 2025.
From 1998 to 2015, she was a member of the German Bundestag, serving from 2005 to 2009 as one of the deputy chairpersons of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. From 2009 to 2013, she was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, and from 2013 to 2015, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure. In September 2015, she resigned her seat in the Bundestag.