Speech
Business associations' parliamentary evening
Calls, as reported, for faster and comprehensive reforms.
Record room · NW–37
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Forty-six dated entries, from her birth in 1979 to a speech as Head of the Chancellery in September 2026. Filter by year, role, topic, institution and type, or search the full text.
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The record thickens with ministerial office: official transcripts and press releases exist for almost every step after May 2025.
Archive entries
Biography milestone
Munich Security Conference foundation council
Member of the foundation council since this date, according to her Bundestag disclosures.
Biography milestone
Appointed Head of the Federal Chancellery
Federal President Steinmeier presents the certificates; Federal Minister for Special Tasks.
Government event
Cabinet reshuffle announced
Chancellor Merz names her Head of the Federal Chancellery, succeeding Thorsten Frei.
Press material
GKV stabilisation act passed
Ministry press release after the Bundestag vote (318 to 284, 4 abstentions).
Speech
Emergency care reform, first reading
Integrated emergency centres and coordinated dispatch.
Speech
Medical Registers Act, first reading
Uniform rules for more than 350 registers.
Speech
KHAG in the Bundesrat
Hospital reform improved jointly with the Länder; in force April 2026.
Press material
Bundestag passes the KHAG
Ministry press release on the hospital reform adjustment act.
Speech
Pharmacy reform, first reading
Support for rural pharmacies and new pharmacy tasks.
Parliamentary appearance
Government question time
Crisis-readiness law and reform agenda.
Interview
Welt am Sonntag interview
Health Security Act announced for summer 2026.
Speech
Living organ donation reform, first reading
Wider circle of living donors and recipients.
Policy announcement
Seven-theme agenda for 2026
Finance commission, care reform, primary care, emergency care, pharmacies, digital law and further laws, as summarised by Deutsches Ärzteblatt.
No direct link
Speech
2026 health budget adopted
Loan to long-term care insurance, health security, women's health.
Speech
Hospital reform adjustment act, first reading
Making the hospital reform workable in practice.
Policy announcement
Bundestag passes nursing-powers law
Bundesrat approval on 19 December 2025; in force 1 January 2026.
Policy announcement
Electronic patient record becomes mandatory
Use of the opt-out ePA becomes compulsory for practices and pharmacies; legislated before her tenure.
No direct link
Speech
2026 health budget, first reading
Health spending of about €6,000 per person, doubled in two decades.
Speech
2025 health budget debate
Calls for fundamental reforms; finance commission to report by March 2026.
Speech
Nursing laws, first reading
Wider powers for nurses and uniform nursing-assistant training.
Parliamentary appearance
Government question time
Workforce, relief from bureaucracy for nursing staff, recognition of foreign qualifications.
Government event
Sudhof report passed to the Bundestag
The ministry transmits the report on pandemic mask procurement with redactions; it later becomes public unredacted.
Government event
EPSCO Council (health), Luxembourg
Attends the meeting of EU health ministers.
No direct link
Biography milestone
Elected chair of the Frauen Union
Wins the contested vote in Reutlingen against Ina Scharrenbach; joins the CDU federal executive.
Biography milestone
Appointed Federal Minister of Health
Joins the cabinet of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, succeeding Karl Lauterbach.
Biography milestone
Re-elected in Odenwald–Tauber
Holds the constituency seat at the federal election.
Government event
Coalition negotiations
Member of the working group on domestic policy, law and migration, according to secondary sources.
No direct link
Biography milestone
Secretary General of CDU Baden-Württemberg
Party management under state chair Manuel Hagel, until 2025.
Biography milestone
Elected to the Richterwahlausschuss
The Bundestag elects her to the committee that selects judges for the federal supreme courts.
Biography milestone
Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU/CSU group
Part of the group's parliamentary management until 2025.
Biography milestone
Direct mandate for Odenwald–Tauber
Directly elected in Wahlkreis 276 for the first time.
Biography milestone
Returns to the Bundestag
Takes the seat vacated by Stephan Harbarth on his move to the Federal Constitutional Court.
Parliamentary appearance
Roll-call vote on marriage for same-sex couples
Votes No; the Bundestag passes the bill by 393 to 226 with 4 abstentions.
Biography milestone
President of the THW helpers' association
Leads the THW-Landeshelfervereinigung Baden-Württemberg, which supports volunteers of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief, until December 2023.
Biography milestone
Main-Tauber district council
Member of the Kreistag until 2019.
Parliamentary appearance
Committee on Internal Affairs
Committee work on volunteering, civil protection and disaster response.
Biography milestone
Enters the Bundestag
Elected via the Baden-Württemberg state list; member of the 18th Bundestag until 2017.
Biography milestone
Deputy federal chair of the Junge Union
Deputy chair of the CDU/CSU youth organisation until 2014.
Biography milestone
Admitted as a lawyer
Practice in medium-sized law firms; earlier Bundestag biographies name administrative and social law among her fields.
Biography milestone
Second State Examination in Law
Completes the qualification to practise law.
Biography milestone
Elected to Tauberbischofsheim municipal council
Member of the town council for two decades, until July 2024.
Biography milestone
First State Examination; traineeship in Mosbach
First State Examination in Law, followed by the legal traineeship at Mosbach Regional Court (2003–2005).
Biography milestone
Joins the CDU
Member of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000.
Biography milestone
Abitur and law studies
Abitur at Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium, Tauberbischofsheim; law studies at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg until 2002.
Biography milestone
Born in Bad Mergentheim
Born in the Main-Tauber district of north-eastern Baden-Württemberg.
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"Policy announcement" includes legislative milestones such as a Bundestag vote or a law entering into force. "Press material" refers to official press releases. "Biography milestone" covers offices, mandates and education.