Anke Rehlinger

Anke Gabriele Rehlinger ( Moos; born 6 April 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Deputy Minister President of Saarland since 2013. After her party won the State elections of Saarland on 27th March 2022, she became the second female Minister President of the Saarland after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the first from her party.

Anke Rehlinger
Anke Rehlinger in 2022
Minister President of Saarland
Assumed office
25 April 2022
DeputyJürgen Barke
Preceded byTobias Hans
Deputy Minister President of Saarland
In office
17 December 2013  25 April 2022
Minister-PresidentAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Tobias Hans
Preceded byHeiko Maas
Succeeded byJürgen Barke
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Saarland
Assumed office
10 March 2018
Preceded byHeiko Maas
Minister for the Economy, Labour, Energy and Transport of the Saarland
Assumed office
15 January 2014
Minister-PresidentAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Tobias Hans
Preceded byHeiko Maas
Minister of Justice of the Saarland
In office
9 May 2012  15 January 2014
Minister-PresidentAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded byAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Succeeded byReinhold Jost
Minister for the Environment and Consumer Protection of the Saarland
In office
9 May 2012  15 January 2014
Minister-PresidentAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Preceded byAndreas Storm
Succeeded byReinhold Jost
Member of the Landtag of Saarland
Assumed office
5 September 2004
Personal details
Born
Anke Gabriele Moos

(1976-04-06) 6 April 1976
Wadern, West Germany
Political partySPD
Spouse(s)
Thomas Rehlinger
(m. 1999; sep. 2022)
Children1
Alma materSaarland University

Early life, education and sports

Rehlinger studied law at Saarland University.

During her time as a student, she was successful in field competitions in Athelics. Up to today (April 2022) she holds the Saarland state record in shot put (16.03 m in Rehlingen on 17th August 1996) as well as the Saarland youth state record in discus throw (49.18 m on 23rd September 1995 in Rehlingen).

She successfully competed in 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 served as 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 Minister President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer of Saarland. In 2014, she succeeded Heiko Maas and has since been serving as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Economic Affairs, first under the leadership of Kramp-Karrenbauer (2014–2018) and later Tobias Hans (since 2018).[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 serves 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 was elected as one of the five deputies of the party's co-chairs Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans, alongside Klara Geywitz, Hubertus Heil, Kevin Kühnert and Serpil Midyatli.[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][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]

Other activities

Regulatory bodies

  • Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2014)[11]

Corporate boards

  • Landesbank Saar (SaarLB), Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board[12]
  • VSE AG, Ex-Officio Member of the Advisory Board

Non-profits

Personal life

From 1999 to 2022, Rehlinger was married to medical doctor Thomas Rehlinger.[17] In 2008, she gave birth to a son.[18]

References

  1. Saarbrücker Zeitung: Postenwechsel im Saarkabinett (German)
  2. Rehlinger zur Landesvorsitzenden der Saar-SPD gewählt Handelsblatt, 10 March 2018.
  3. Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2015, Berlin Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  4. Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages der SPD in Berlin, 19. März 2017 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  5. Protokoll des ordentlichen Bundesparteitages in Berlin, 2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  6. Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages Wiesbaden, 2018 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  7. Florian Mayer (6 December 2019), Rehlinger zur Vize-Vorsitzenden gewählt Saarländischer Rundfunk.
  8. Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  9. Julia Franz und Joseph Hausner (October 22, 2021), Diese Saarländer verhandeln jetzt über die Ampel – zwei von ihnen treffen direkt aufeinander Saarbrücker Zeitung.
  10. 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
  11. Benennung eines Mitglieds für den Beirat der Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen Bundesrat, document no. 46/14, 11 February 2014.
  12. Supervisory Board Landesbank Saar (SaarLB).
  13. Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , press release of 7 June 2018.
  14. Rundfunk, Saarländischer (11 July 2017). "Streit um Gehaltszahlungen geht weiter". SR.de (in German). Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  15. Saarland. "Ministerin | Saarland.de". www.saarland.de (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  16. State Minister Anke Rehlinger State Government of Saarland.
  17. SPD-Spitzenkandidatin Anke Rehlinger und Ehemann Thomas geben Trennung bekannt Saarbrücker Zeitung, 25 January 2022.
  18. Ein Sohn für SPD-Kreischefin Anke Rehlinger Saarbrücker Zeitung, 30 December 2008.
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