Lisa Paus is to become the new Federal Minister for Family Affairs

Successor to Anne Spiegel
Greens: Lisa Paus is to become the new family minister

Lisa Paus is to become the new Federal Minister for Family Affairs. This is reported by the DPA news agency and the editorial network Germany, citing Green party circles. Officially, no one from the party has commented.

Lisa Paus succeeds Anne Spiegel as Family Minister

The graduate economist has been sitting in the German Bundestag via the Berlin state list since 2009 and has so far been deputy leader of the Greens. So far, she has mainly dealt with financial and tax policy, but is also considered one of the leading minds behind the green concept for a so-called basic child security. It is a central project of the traffic light coalition’s family policy. The 53-year-old is assigned to the left wing of the party – according to the internal logic of the Greens, an important criterion for the selection of the candidate. Born in Rhineland (North Rhine-Westphalia), she is single and has one child.

Officially, it now has to be proposed by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and appointed by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Paus succeeds Anne Spiegel (also Green), who announced her resignation from office on Monday. She is accused of having gone on vacation for four weeks as Environment Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate after the flood disaster on the Ahr last July and of having lied to the public about her online participation in cabinet meetings at the time.

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The Greens had announced that they would decide on the replacement at the head of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs with its around 900 employees by Easter.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated several times since it was first published.

Sources: Editorial network Germany, BundestagDPA news agency

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