Barbara Hendricks

Quick Facts

Full Name	Barbara Hendricks
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 29, 1952(1952-04-29)
Age	72
Birthplace	Kleve
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Taurus

Barbara Hendricks Biography

Barbara Hendricks is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 29, 1952 in Kleve, Germany. Barbara Anne Hendricks (born 29 April 1952) is a German politician and member of the SPD party.

Following the 1998 German federal election, on 27 October 1998 Hendricks was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

From October 2007, Hendricks served as SPD federal treasurer, a position in which she administered the party-owned media holding Print and Publishing Society (DDVG) with stakes in regional newspapers such as Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Leipziger Volkszeitung and Märkische Allgemeine.

In the campaign for the 2009 German federal election Hendricks was a member of the “shadow cabinet” of the SPD candidate for the chancellorship, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, where she was responsible for consumer affairs. Following the elections, she served on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development until 2013. On the committee, she was her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC); poverty reduction strategies (PRSP); the International Monetary Fund (IMF); the World Bank; and the European Development Fund (EDF).

Since the 1994 elections, Hendricks has been a member of the Bundestag. In parliament, she served on the Finance Committee from 1994 until 1998. In addition, from October 1995 to November 1998, she was a member of the executive of the SPD parliamentary group, under the leadership of the group’s chairman Rudolf Scharping. Hendricks was always elected to the Bundestag via the party list of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2001 she has been a member of the SPD (federal) party executive.

Barbara Hendricks Net Worth

Barbara Hendricks is one of the richest Politician from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Barbara Hendricks 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Barbara Hendricks was born in Kleve. After obtaining her Abitur in 1970 at the Johanna Sebus Gymnasium in Kleve, Hendricks studied History and Social Sciences in Bonn, passing the Staatsexamen examination for high school teachers in 1976. She then worked for the Association for Student Affairs until 1978. After that, until 1981, she was a deputy press secretary at the press office of the Bundestag parliamentary party of the SPD. In 1980 she was awarded a doctorate based on a thesis entitled Die Entwicklung der Margarineindustrie am unteren Niederrhein [The development of the margarine industry on the lower Rhine]. She was then press secretary of the minister of finance of the state of North Rhine-Westfalia until 1990. In 1991 she was appointed Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Agriculture of the State of North Rhine-Westfalia.

Barbara Hendricks has been a member of the SPD since 1972 and has been the president of the SPD party organization for the District of Kleve since 1989. From 1984 to 1989 she was a member of the District Council (Kreistag) of the Rural District of Kleve. From 1990 to 2001 she was a member of the party council. From 1987 to 2001 she was a member of the state party executive of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia – as from 1996 as treasurer.

From 22 November 2005, Hendricks continued in this office in the first cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel – meaning that she was a state secretary under three finance ministers: Oskar Lafontaine, Hans Eichel, and Peer Steinbrück. She left this office on 16 November 2007, after being elected federal treasurer of the SPD.

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Who is Barbara Hendricks Dating?

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Until 2014 Hendricks also served as a member of the executive of the SPD Culture Forum, mainly responsible for culture financing.

Facts & Trivia

Barbara Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Barbara Hendricks celebrates birthday on April 29 of every year.

By early 2016, Hendricks entered in talks with various stakeholders on drawing up a plan over how to exit coal-fired power generation in Germany, later named ‘Climate Action Plan 2050’.

How old is Barbara Hendricks?

73 years (November 20, 1948)

Where was Barbara Hendricks born?

Stephens, AR

Who is Barbara Hendricks married to?

Spouse