Anke Rehlinger
| Anke Rehlinger MdL MdBR | |
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| Rehlinger in 2025
Rehlinger in 2025
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| Minister-President of the Saarland | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 April 2022 | |
| Deputy | Jürgen Barke |
| Preceded by | Tobias Hans |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party of the Saarland | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2018 | |
| Deputy | Pascal Arweiler Jörg Aumann Josephine Ortleb Anne Yliniva-Hoffmann |
| General secretary | Christian Petry |
| Preceded by | Heiko Maas |
| Deputy Minister-President of the Saarland | |
| In office 18 December 2013 – 26 April 2022 | |
| Minister-president | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Tobias Hans |
| Preceded by | Heiko Maas |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Barke |
| President of the Bundesrat | |
| In office 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025 | |
| First Vice President | Manuela Schwesig |
| Preceded by | Manuela Schwesig |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Bovenschulte |
| Saarland Cabinet Minister for the economy, labour, energy and transport In office 16 January 2014 – 26 April 2022 Minister-president Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Tobias Hans Preceded by Heiko Maas Succeeded by Jürgen Barke Minister of justice In office 9 May 2012 – 16 January 2014 Minister-president Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Preceded by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Succeeded by Reinhold Jost Minister for the environment and consumer protection In office 9 May 2012 – 16 January 2014 Minister-president Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Preceded by Andreas Storm Succeeded by Reinhold Jost | |
| Landtag constituencies Member of the Landtag of Saarland for Saarlouis Incumbent Assumed office 29 September 2004 Preceded by multi-member district Constituency Social Democratic Party List | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anke Gabriele Moos 6 April 1976 Wadern, Saarland, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Party | Social Democratic Party (1998–) |
| Spouse | Thomas Rehlinger (m. 1999; sep. 2022) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Saarland University |
| Website | anke-rehlinger.de |
Anke Gabriele Rehlinger (née Moos; born 6 April 1976) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) serving as the minister-president of Saarland. After her party won the 2022 state elections in Saarland, she became the second female minister-president after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the first from her party. She was previously the deputy minister president of Saarland from 17 December 2013 until her election by the State Parliament of Saarland as minister-president in 2022. In her capacity as minister-president, she also served a one-year term as President of the Bundesrat from 2024 to 2025.
Early life, education and sports
Rehlinger studied law at Saarland University. As a student, she was successful in field competitions in athletics. As of March 2024 she holds the Saarland state record in shot put (16.03 m in Rehlingen on 17 August 1996) as well as the Saarland youth state record in discus throw (49.18 m on 23 September 1995 in Rehlingen).
She successfully competed in the senior track and field German Championships in 2014 and 2015.
Political career
Career in state politics
Since the 2004 state elections, Rehlinger has been a member of the Landtag of Saarland. In parliament, she was the chairwoman of the committee on European affairs (2008–2009) and of the committee on education, cultural affairs and media (2009–2011). From 2011 until 2012, she was her parliamentary group's deputy chairwoman, under the leadership of chairman Heiko Maas.
Between 2012 and 2014, Rehlinger was state minister of justice, consumer protection and environmental affairs in the government of the minister-president of Saarland Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. In 2014, she succeeded Heiko Maas as deputy minister-president and state minister for economic affairs, first under the leadership of Kramp-Karrenbauer (2014–2018) and later Tobias Hans (2018–2022).[1] She was the candidate of SPD in 2017 state elections, but lost against Kramp-Karrenbauer and continued her role in the state government instead.
As one of her state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Rehlinger sat on the committee on labour, integration and social policy, the committee on economic affairs and on the committee on transport.
In March 2018, Rehlinger succeeded Heiko Maas as leader of the SPD in Saarland. At a party convention, she was elected with a majority of 94.5 percent.[2]
Career in national politics
Rehlinger co-chaired the SPD's national conventions in Berlin (2015,[3] 2017,[4] 2019)[5] and Wiesbaden (2018).[6]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government on the national level following the 2017 federal elections, Rehlinger co-chaired the working group on agriculture. Her counterparts were Julia Klöckner and Christian Schmidt. She was also a member of the working group on transport.
At a SPD national convention in 2019, Rehlinger, with Klara Geywitz, Hubertus Heil, Kevin Kühnert and Serpil Midyatli, was elected as one of the five deputies of the party's co-chairs Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans.[7]
In the negotiations to form a so-called "traffic light coalition" of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Rehlinger led her party's delegation in the working group on mobility. Her co-chairs from the other parties were Anton Hofreiter and Oliver Luksic.[8]
Since 2023, Rehlinger has been coordinating her party's relations with Asia. In this capacity, she joined chairman Lars Klingbeil on an official trip to China, South Korea and Mongolia that year.[9]
Rehlinger was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the president of Germany in 2022.[10]
In October 2023, Rehlinger joined the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.[11]
On 18 October 2024, she was elected President of the Bundesrat. Her one-year term started on 1 November 2024 and ended 1 November 2025; she was succeeded by Andreas Bovenschulte.[12]
Other activities
Regulatory bodies
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), member of the advisory board (since 2014)[13]
Corporate boards
- Landesbank Saar (SaarLB), ex-officio member of the supervisory board[14]
- VSE AG, ex-officio member of the advisory board
Non-profit organization
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2018)[15]
- Franco-German Institute (DFI), member of the board[16]
- Völklingen Ironworks, ex-officio chairwoman of the supervisory board[17]
- IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE), member[18]
- German Red Cross, member[19]
Personal life
From 1999 to 2022, Rehlinger was married to Thomas Rehlinger, a medical doctor.[20] In 2008, she gave birth to a son.[21] Rehlinger is Roman Catholic.[22]
References
- Back to citation Saarbrücker Zeitung: Postenwechsel im Saarkabinett (German)
- Back to citation "Rehlinger zur Landesvorsitzenden der Saar-SPD gewählt". Handelsblatt. 10 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022.
- Back to citation Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2015, Berlin Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
- Back to citation Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages der SPD in Berlin, 19. März 2017 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
- Back to citation Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages in Berlin, 2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
- Back to citation Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages Wiesbaden, 2018 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
- Back to citation Florian Mayer (6 December 2019), Rehlinger zur Vize-Vorsitzenden gewählt Archived 26 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Saarländischer Rundfunk.
- Back to citation Andreas Apetz; Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021). "Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick". Frankfurter Rundschau.
- Julia Franz; Joseph Hausner (22 October 2021). "Diese Saarländer verhandeln jetzt über die Ampel – zwei von ihnen treffen direkt aufeinander". Saarbrücker Zeitung. - Back to citation Sabine Schorr (1 June 2023), China, Südkorea, Mongolei: Rehlinger auf Asienreise – auch das Saarland spielt dabei eine Rolle Saarbrücker Zeitung.
- Back to citation 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
- Back to citation Sarah Marsh; Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023). "Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor". Reuters.
- "Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert" (Press release). Cabinet of Germany. 10 October 2023. - Back to citation "Anke Rehlinger, Präsidentin des Bundesrates". Der Bundesrat (in German). 18 October 2024.
- Back to citation Benennung eines Mitglieds für den Beirat der Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen Bundesrat, document no. 46/14, 11 February 2014.
- Back to citation Supervisory Board Landesbank Saar (SaarLB).
- Back to citation "Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD" (Press release). Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. 7 June 2018.
- Back to citation Board Franco-German Institute (DFI).
- Back to citation "Streit um Gehaltszahlungen geht weiter". Saarländischer Rundfunk (in German). 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- Back to citation "Ministerin" (in German). Saarland. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- Back to citation State Minister Anke Rehlinger, State Government of Saarland.
- Back to citation "SPD-Spitzenkandidatin Anke Rehlinger und Ehemann Thomas geben Trennung bekannt". Saarbrücker Zeitung. 25 January 2022.
- Back to citation "Ein Sohn für SPD-Kreischefin Anke Rehlinger". Saarbrücker Zeitung. 30 December 2008.
- Back to citation "Anke Rehlinger | SPD". Bundesrat.