12 Facts About Anke Rehlinger

Anke Gabriele Rehlinger is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been the minister-president of Saarland since 25 April 2022.

Anke Rehlinger 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.

Anke Rehlinger successfully competed in the senior track and field German Championships in 2014 and 2015.

Since the 2004 state elections, Rehlinger has been a member of the Landtag of Saarland.

Between 2012 and 2014, Anke Rehlinger was state minister of justice, consumer protection and environmental affairs in the government of the minister-president of Saarland Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.

Anke Rehlinger was the candidate of SPD in 2017 state elections, but lost against Kramp-Karrenbauer and continued her role in the state government instead.

In March 2018, Anke Rehlinger succeeded Heiko Maas as leader of the SPD in Saarland.

Anke Rehlinger co-chaired the SPD's national conventions in Berlin and Wiesbaden.

Anke Rehlinger was a member of the working group on transport.

Anke Rehlinger was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the president of Germany in 2022.

In October 2023, Anke Rehlinger joined the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.

From 1999 to 2022, Anke Rehlinger was married to Thomas Anke Rehlinger, a medical doctor.