Katherina Reiche

Katherina Reiche was appointed Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy on 7 May 2025.

Previous positions and career

2020 – 2025
Chair of the Executive Board of Westenergie AG

2015 – 2019
Managing Director and Executive Member of the Management Board of the Association of Local Public Utilities (VKU)

2013 – 2015
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

2009 – 2013
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

2005 – 2009
Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group

1998 – 2015
Member of the German Bundestag

1997 – 1998
Research assistant at the University of Potsdam

Education

1995
Research assistant at the Department of Chemistry and Biology of Clarkson University, New York, USA

1992 – 1997
Study of chemistry at the University of Potsdam

Katherina Reiche was born in Luckenwalde on 16 July 1973 and has three children.