Christian Lindner

Christian Lindner

MdB
Christian Lindner; MdB
	Lindner in 2020
Minister of Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Olaf Scholz
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 December 2013
General Secretary	Nicola Beer; Linda Teuteberg; Volker Wissing
Deputy	Wolfgang Kubicki ; Nicola Beer ; Johannes Vogel
Preceded by	Philipp Rösler
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
	In office; 24 October 2017 – 7 December 2021
Chief Whip	Marco Buschmann
Deputy	Katja Suding ; Michael Theurer ; Stephan Thomae ; Alexander Graf Lambsdorff ; Christian Dürr ; Frank Sitta
Preceded by	Rainer Brüderle (2013)
Succeeded by	Christian Dürr
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the ; Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
	In office; 31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017
Preceded by	Gerhard Papke
Succeeded by	Christof Rasche
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in ; North Rhine-Westphalia
	In office; 13 May 2012 – 27 November 2017
Preceded by	Daniel Bahr
Succeeded by	Joachim Stamp
Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party
	In office; 24 December 2009 – 14 December 2011
Leader	Guido Westerwelle ; Philipp Rösler
Preceded by	Dirk Niebel
Succeeded by	Patrick Döring
Preceded by
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag ; for North Rhine-Westphalia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 October 2017
Preceded by	multi-member district
Constituency	FDP List
	In office; 27 October 2009 – 10 July 2012
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Hans-Werner Ehrenberg
Constituency	FDP List
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
	In office; 31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Lorenz Deutsch
Constituency	FDP List
	In office; 1 June 2000 – 18 November 2009
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	Ute Dreckmann
Constituency	FDP List
Personal details
Born	Christian Wolfgang Lindner; 7 January 1979 (age 45); Wuppertal, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	Free Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Dagmar Rosenfeld; (m. 2011; sep. 2018)
Alma mater	University of Bonn
Military service
Allegiance	Germany
Branch/service	German Air Force
Years of service	2002–present
Rank	Major
Unit	German Air Force Reserve

Christian Wolfgang Lindner (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician. He is a member of the Bundestag and leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP).^[1]^[2] In December 2021, he became the Minister of Finance.

References

↑ tagesschau.de. "Aktuelle Nachrichten - Inland Ausland Wirtschaft Kultur Sport - ARD Tagesschau". tagesschau.de.
↑ Christian Lindner [c_lindner] (23 September 2013). "Bewerbe mich um den Parteivorsitz, um liberale Partei zu erneuern und 2017 wieder in Bundestag zu führen. Nun Phase der Besinnung. CL" (Tweet). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

[1] tagesschau.de. "Aktuelle Nachrichten - Inland Ausland Wirtschaft Kultur Sport - ARD Tagesschau". tagesschau.de.

[2] Christian Lindner [c_lindner] (23 September 2013). "Bewerbe mich um den Parteivorsitz, um liberale Partei zu erneuern und 2017 wieder in Bundestag zu führen. Nun Phase der Besinnung. CL" (Tweet). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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