Katarina Barley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Katarina Barley

German politician (SPD)

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1968

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Profession: judge, politician, jurist, Justiciar

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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Katarina Barley (born 19 November 1968) is a German politician and lawyer who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
She served as Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection and as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel.
Prior to that, she had served as acting Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 28 September 2017, both until 14 March 2018.
She is a member of the European Parliament. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Barley served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 until 2019 and was Secretary-General of her party from 2015 to 2017.
She holds law degrees from France and Germany and a doctorate in European law, and formerly worked as a corporate lawyer with the law firm Wessing & Berenberg-Gossler in Hamburg, as a judge and as a governmental legal adviser.
Barley holds citizenship of both Germany and Britain.