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Christian Lindner
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German politician, former Federal Minister of Finance
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Christian Lindner is a German politician, writer, podcaster, and political scientist born in Wuppertal in 1979. He is a member of the Free Democratic Party and has served as general secretary and as a member of the German Bundestag. His professional activities have included participation in the 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2012 German presidential elections, as well as candidacy in the 2017 German federal election. He is affiliated with the Atlantik-Brücke.
Lindner has authored six works, including *Zur Ruckfuhrung von Staub in den Hochttemperatur-Winkler-(HTW)-Generator*, *Vom Buhmann Zum Problemlöser*, *Freiheit : Gefühlt - Gedacht - Gelebt*, *Schattenjahre*, and *Eigenverwaltung und Restschuldbefreiung*. He was educated at the University of Bonn and speaks German. He resides in Wermelskirchen, Berlin, and Düsseldorf. He is married to Dagmar Rosenfeld and has received the award Orden wider den tierischen Ernst.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Zur Ruckfuhrung von Staub in den Hochttemperatur-Winkler-(HTW)-Generator
- Vom Buhmann Zum Problemlöser
- Freiheit : Gefühlt - Gedacht - Gelebt
- Schattenjahre
- Eigenverwaltung und Restschuldbefreiung
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Film & TV
Wuppertal, Germany
Christian Lindner is a former German politician. He was federal chairman of the FDP from December 2013 to May 2025 and federal minister of finance in the Scholz cabinet from December 2021 until the collapse of the traffic light coalition in November 2024.
Known for
- Die Vertrauensfrage: Wer kann Deutschland regieren? — Self2025
- Caren Miosga — Self2024
- Du gewinnst hier nicht die Million bei Stefan Raab — Self2024
- Ernstfall – Regieren am Limit — Self2023
- BILD LIVE — Self2021
- Für & Wider – Die ZDF-Wahlduelle — Self2021
- Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2 — Self (archive footage)2020
- Generation Fridays for Future — Self2020
- Nachbericht aus Berlin — Self2020
- Maischberger — Self2019
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Key facts
- Deputy
- Wolfgang Kubicki , Nicola Beer , Johannes Vogel
- General secretary
- Nicola Beer , Linda Teuteberg , Volker Wissing , Marco Buschmann
- Preceded by
- Philipp Rösler
- Succeeded by
- Christian Dürr
- Chancellor
- Olaf Scholz
- Chief whip
- Marco Buschmann
- Leader
- Guido Westerwelle , Philipp Rösler
- Constituency
- Free Democratic Party list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Scholz cabinet
- Given name
- Christian
- Family name
- Lindner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Wuppertal
- Occupation
- party leader
- Educated at
- University of Bonn
- Political party
- Free Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Official website
- www.christian-lindner.de
- Image
- Deutschsprachige Finanzminister verabschieden Bodensee Erklärung (53920799739)(3x4 cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
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- Commons category
- Christian Lindner
- date of birth
- 1979-01-07
- biography at the Bundestag of Germany URL
- www.bundestag.de/webarchiv/abgeordnete/biografien19/L/521640-521640
- name in native language
- Christian Lindner
- Commons gallery
- Christian Lindner
- candidacy in election
- 2017 German federal election
- catalog code
- 11004097
- social media followers
- 678790
- P10632
- Christian Lindner
- birth name
- Christian Wolfgang Lindner
- writing language
- German
- subject has role
- reservist
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details BornChristian Wolfgang Lindner (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 47) Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (current-day Germany)
PartyFDP (1995–present) Spouses
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