Manuela Schwesig
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Manuela Schwesig speaking at the SPD party convent in Berlin (2015)
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Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Germany
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Assumed office 17 December 2013 |
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| Chancellor | Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Kristina Schröder |
| Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
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In office 6 October 2008 – 17 December 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Erwin Sellering |
| Succeeded by | Birgit Hesse |
| Vice Chairwoman of SPD with Hannelore Kraft, Klaus Wowereit and Olaf Scholz |
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Assumed office 13 November 2009 |
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier Peer Steinbrück Andrea Nahles |
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23 May 1974 Frankfurt/Oder, East Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | Training and Further Education Centre Königs Wusterhausen |
| Profession | Public servant |
| Religion | Lutheran[1] |
Manuela Schwesig (born 23 May 1974 in Frankfurt (Oder),East Germany) is a German politician (SPD). She is currently the Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
Born in Frankfurt (Oder), Schwesig grew up in the nearby town of Seelow. After graduation in 1992 at the high school (Gymnasium Seelow) on the Seelow Heights, she completed a study of the Advertisement of service in the tax administration of the federal state of Brandenburg. She attended the Training and Further Education Centre (Fachhochschule für Finanzen) in Königs Wusterhausen.
Schwesig became a member of SPD in 2003, at 29 years of age. She subsequently served as a member of the Schwerin City Council from 2004 to 2008.
Schwesig soon became the deputy party leader of the SPD and State Minister of Social Affairs and Health in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, under the leadership of Minister-President Erwin Sellering.
Ahead of the 2009 elections, German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier included Schwesig, then a relatively unknown face to the German public, in his shadow cabinet of 10 women and eight men for the Social Democrats’ campaign to unseat incumbent Angela Merkel as chancellor. During the campaign, Schwesig served as shadow minister for family affairs who advocated the party’s family-friendly policies.
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