Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze has been Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development since December 2021, having been Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety from 2018 to 2021. She was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament from 1997 to 2000 and 2004 to 2018, and served as Minister of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 to 2017. She has been a member of the Social Democratic Party since 1988.