Barbara Hendricks (politician)

Barbara Hendricks
Barbara Hendricks photographed by Oliver Mark at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection in Berlin (2015)
Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
In office 17 December 2013 – 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Peter Altmaier
Succeeded by	Svenja Schulze
Treasurer of the Social Democratic Party
In office 26 October 2007 – 26 January 2014
Leader	Kurt Beck Franz Müntefering Sigmar Gabriel
Preceded by	Inge Wettig-Danielmeier
Succeeded by	Dietmar Nietan
Parliamentary Secretary of State for Finance
In office 27 October 1998 – 16 November 2007
Minister	Oskar Lafontaine Hans Eichel Peer Steinbrück
Preceded by	Imgard Karwatzki
Succeeded by	Steffen Kampeter
Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 16 October 1994 – 26 October 2021
Constituency	Social Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	(1952-04-29) 29 April 1952 (age 72) Kleve, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Bonn

Barbara Anne Hendricks (born 29 April 1952) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2013 until 2018.

From 2007 to 2013, Hendricks was Federal Treasurer of the SPD, and from 1998 to 2007 she was Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Finance.^[1]