Katarina Barley (born 19 November 1968) is a German politician and lawyer who is the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in the fourth Cabinet of Angela Merkel. She served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth from 2 June 2017 and as acting Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 28 September 2017 until 14 March 2018.
A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Barley has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013 and was Secretary-General of her party from 2015 to 2017. She holds law degrees from France and Germany, a doctorate in European law, and previously worked as a corporate lawyer, judge, and governmental legal adviser. She was born a British citizen and holds both German and British citizenship.
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