Nancy Faeser

Nancy Faeser (born 13 July 1970) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), serving as Federal Minister of the Interior and Community in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet since 2021. She served as a member of the State Parliament of Hesse from the 2003 elections until 2021.[1] In 2019, she became the party's leader in Hesse, succeeding Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel.

Nancy Faeser
Faeser in 2019
Minister of the Interior and Community
Assumed office
8 December 2021
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byHorst Seehofer (as Minister of the Interior, Building and Community)
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse
Assumed office
1 October 2019
General SecretaryChristoph Degen
DeputyKirsten Fründt
Timon Gremmels
Kaweh Mansoori
Preceded byThorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of Hesse
In office
4 September 2019 – 8 December 2021
Preceded byThorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Succeeded byGünter Rudolph
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse
In office
2014–2019
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
In office
5 April 2003 – 8 December 2021
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byRüdiger Holschuh
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born (1970-07-13) 13 July 1970
Bad Soden, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Children1
Residence(s)Schwalbach am Taunus
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Academic
  • Lawyer
Website

Political career

Career in state politics

Faeser joined the SPD in 1988.[2]

In parliament, Faeser has served as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (2003–2009), the Committee on the Election of Judges (2003–2013), the Committee on Economic Affairs, Energy and Transport (2014–2018) and the Committee on Internal Affairs (since 2009).[3] From 2009, she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson on internal affairs.

In the 2013 Hesse state election, Faeser was the shadow minister for internal affairs in the campaign team of SPD candidate Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel.[4] In 2019, she was elected her parliamentary group's chairwoman.

Minister of the Interior, 2021–present

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Faeser was part of her party's delegation in the working group on migration and integration, co-chaired by Boris Pistorius, Luise Amtsberg and Joachim Stamp.[5]

After the coalition was successfully formed, on 6 December 2021, it was announced that Faeser would become the first female Interior Minister of Germany in the German government in the Scholz cabinet.[6] In her capacity as minister, Faeser also takes part in the meetings of the Standing Conference of Interior Ministers and Senators of the States (IMK).

Faeser was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[7]

Other activities

Personal life

Faeser has been married to lawyer Eyke Grüning since 2012.[10] The couple has a son and lives in Schwalbach am Taunus.[11]

References
  1. "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. Susanne Höll (29 January 2019), Profil: Nancy Faeser Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  3. Nancy Faeser State Parliament of Hesse.
  4. Christoph Schmidt Lunau (9 July 2013), Hessen vor der Wahl: Die Elf von TSG Der Tagesspiegel.
  5. Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  6. Stroh, Kassian (6 December 2021). "Lauterbach wird Gesundheitsminister, Scholz benennt SPD-Minister". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
  8. EBS Law School: Advisory Board of Trustees EBS University of Business and Law.
  9. Broadcasting Council: Nancy Faeser Hessischer Rundfunk.
  10. Nancy Faeser traut sich Frankfurter Rundschau, 5 October 2012.
  11. Carsten Knop (6 December 2021), Neue Bundesinnenministerin: Wer ist Nancy Faeser? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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