Lutz Lienenkämper

Lutz Lienenkämper
Lienenkämper in 2013
Minister of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
30 June 2017 – 28 June 2022
Minister-PresidentArmin Laschet
Hendrik Wüst
Preceded byNorbert Walter-Borjans
Succeeded byMarcus Optendrenk
Personal details
Born (1969-05-24) 24 May 1969
Cologne
PartyChristian Democratic Union (since 1988)

Lutz Lienenkämper (born 24 May 1969 in Cologne) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union who has been serving as a member of the board of Bundesbank since 2024.[1]

Political career

From 2005 to 2024, Lienenkämper was a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.[2]

From 2009 to 2010, Lienenkämper served as State Minister of Construction and Transport in the government of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Jürgen Rüttgers.[3] From 2017 to 2022, he served as State Minister of Finance in the governments of successive Ministers-President Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst.[3] In 2022, he served as acting minister of environment and agriculture.[4]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the CDU and Green Party under Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Lienenkämper and Günter Krings led their party’s delegation in the working group on finances;[5] their counterparts from the Green Party were Felix Banaszak and Sven Giegold.[6]

References

  1. ^ Horst Thoren und Georg Winters (23 November 2024), Lienenkämper bei der Bundesbank: „Es wird nicht signifikant weniger Bargeld in Deutschland gebraucht“ Rheinische Post.
  2. ^ "Detailansicht des Abgeordneten Lutz Lienenkämper" (in German). Government of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  3. ^ a b "Lutz Lienenkämper" (in German). German Bundesrat.
  4. ^ "Finanzminister Lienenkämper übernimmt Ressorts von Heinen-Esser". Rheinische Post (in German). 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU Rheinische Post.
  6. ^ Maximilian Plück (31 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die Grünen Rheinische Post.