Awards & Recognition
★First-ever Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space
★First-ever Minister of State for Digitization in Germany
★Co-chair of German Innovation Council at Federal Chancellery
★Vice Chairwoman of CSU party since 2017
Notable Facts
→Member of German Bundestag since 2002 representing Bad Kissingen district
→Currently serves as Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space
→Has over 69,000 Instagram followers and significant Twitter presence
→Member of FC Bayern München Advisory Board since 2019
→Married to fellow CSU politician Oliver Bär with three children
→Previously worked as journalist before entering politics
→Studied political science at Free University Berlin
→Lives in Ebelsbach, Bavaria where she grew up