Andrea Nahles

Andrea Maria Nahles (born 20 June 1970) is a German politician. She was the Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from April 2018 to June 2019 and the leader of the SPD in the Bundestag from September 2017 to June 2019.

Andrea Nahles
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 22 April 2018 – 3 June 2019
General Secretary	Lars Klingbeil
Deputy	Manuela Schwesig Natascha Kohnen Malu Dreyer Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Ralf Stegner Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Olaf Scholz (Acting)
Succeeded by	Malu Dreyer (Acting)
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office 27 September 2017 – 4 June 2019
Preceded by	Thomas Oppermann
Succeeded by	Rolf Mützenich (Acting)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office 17 December 2013 – 27 September 2017
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Ursula von der Leyen
Succeeded by	Katarina Barley (Acting)
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
In office 13 November 2009 – 26 January 2014
Leader	Sigmar Gabriel
Preceded by	Hubertus Heil
Succeeded by	Yasmin Fahimi
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 26 October 2007 – 12 November 2009 Serving with Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Peer Steinbrück
Leader	Kurt Beck Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Acting) Franz Müntefering
Preceded by	Kurt Beck
Succeeded by	Hannelore Kraft
Member of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 September 2005
In office 27 September 1998 – 22 September 2002
Personal details
Born	Andrea Maria Nahles (1970-06-20) 20 June 1970 Mendig, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Marcus Frings
Alma mater	University of Bonn
Website	Official website

Nahles was a Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 2013 to 2017 and SPD Youth leader. She is known within the party for criticising Gerhard Schröder's Agenda 2010.