Hannelore Kraft

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hannelore Kraft
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 12, 1961(1961-06-12)
Age	63
Birthplace	Mannheim
Country	Germany
Birth City	Baden-Württemberg
Horoscope	Gemini

Hannelore Kraft Biography

Hannelore Kraft is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 12, 1961 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Hannelore Kraft (nee Kulzhammer, born 12 June 1961) was a German politician. From 2010 to 2017, she was the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia. Kraft was the first woman to head the government of this state. She was also the third woman to head a German state government. She was also the President of Bundesrat between 1 November 2010 – 31 October 2011. This made her the first woman to hold this office. She was the former leader for the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia. She served as the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2010 to 31 October 2011.

Detlev Samland was replaced as Minister for Federal and European Affairs on April 24, 2001. She then served as Minister of Science and Research from 12 November 2002 to 31 May 2005 under Minister-President Peer Steingbruck.

After the SPD lost the 2005 state election in North Rhine-Westphalia, Kraft was elected leader of the SPD’s parliamentary group with 95.7% of the votes, hence becoming the Opposition Leader in the state. In 2007, she was elected chairperson of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia.

On 13 November 2009, Kraft was elected as one of the four vice chairs of the federal SPD under chairman Sigmar Gabriel, receiving the highest overall vote. A party congress in February 2010 affirmed that she was the SPD’s candidate for Minister-President at the May 2010 state election.

In 1994, Kraft joined the SPD. After becoming the head of a workers council and having to struggle to find a nursery for her son, Kraft was attracted to politics. She was elected to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia at the 2000 North Rhine-Westphalia State Election. In 2005, she was elected to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. She represented electoral district 74 (Mulheim 2-Essen VII), but in 2005 she moved to electoral district 64.

Hannelore Kraft Net Worth

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

Kraft, the daughter of a streetcar driver, and a ticket collector was born in

1980. She first worked as a bank clerk at Dresdner Bank. In 1982, she began her economics studies at Comprehensive University of Duisburg. She then studied at King’s College London between 1986 and 1987. In 1989, she completed her studies at Duisburg.

Kraft worked as a consultant and project manager for ZENIT GmbH in Mulheim an der Ruhr from 1989 to 2001. He was also the head of the European Info Centre.

Kraft was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2012.

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According to our records, Hannelore Kraft married to Udo Kraft. As of December 1, 2023, Hannelore Kraft’s is not dating anyone.

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At an SPD convention in Berlin in December 2011, Kraft was confirmed in her vice-chairmanship by 97 percent of party members, the best result for a board member.

Facts & Trivia

Hannelore Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Hannelore Kraft celebrates birthday on June 12 of every year.

In 2012, Kraft placed investment in renewable energy at the center of her second term’s agenda, stating that more than 30 per cent of electricity in NRW should be coming from renewable sources by 2025. In 2013, Kraft called on Angela Merkel to use tax revenue to cut electricity costs for consumers by 25 percent. On energy companies extracting oil and natural gas by the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, Kraft stated in 2014 that “[a]s long as I am governor in North Rhine-Westphalia, there will be no fracking for unconventional natural gas.” She also helped get a resolution through the Bundesrat on tighter rules for fracking, after visiting Canada to get a first-hand look at shale oil extraction there.