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Katarina BarleyGerman lawyer and politician
Date of Birth: 19.11.1968
Country:  Germany |
Content:
- Katharina Barley: A German Lawyer and Politician
- Legal Career
- Political Career
- SPD Secretary-General and Minister
- Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
- European Parliament
- Personal Life and Beliefs
Katharina Barley: A German Lawyer and Politician
Early Life and EducationKatharina Barley, a prominent German lawyer and politician, was born in 1968. She completed her high school education in 1987 and went on to study law at the University of Marburg. In 1990, she obtained a French law degree from the University of Paris-Sud. Barley passed two German state examinations in 1993 and 1998, and earned a doctorate in law from the University of Münster in 1998.
Legal Career
Barley worked for the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Federal Constitutional Court, and as a judge in Rhineland-Palatinate before serving as a referent at the state Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in Mainz.
Political Career
Barley joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1994. In 2013, she was elected to the Bundestag, representing the Trier constituency.
SPD Secretary-General and Minister
On December 11, 2015, Barley was elected Secretary-General of the SPD. In June 2017, she replaced Manuela Schwesig as Minister for Family, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth in Merkel's third government.
Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
Following the resignation of Andrea Nahles as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Barley was appointed Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in Merkel's fourth government on March 14, 2018.
European Parliament
Barley led the SPD's campaign in the 2019 European Parliament elections. Despite the SPD's disappointing results, she was elected as one of the Parliament's vice-presidents on July 3, 2019.
Personal Life and Beliefs
In 2017, Barley published an article in The European, where she reflected on her family's history and her commitment to a peaceful and united Europe. Her father, born in Lincolnshire in 1935, witnessed Allied bombing raids that nearly killed her mother's family in Dresden in 1945. This experience has shaped Barley's belief in the importance of reconciliation and European integration.
