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Bärbel Bas

Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

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Date of birth:
3 May 1968
Place of birth:
Walsum (now Duisburg)
  • 1984 Secondary school leaving certificate with qualification for entry to senior technical school
  • 1985 to 1987 Office assistant training at Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft
  • 1986 to 1988 Youth and trainee representative at Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft
  • 1987 to 2001 Clerk at Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft and later at the company's health insurance fund
  • Since 1988, Member of the Social Democratic Party
  • 1988 to 1998 Member of the works council and employee representative on the supervisory board of Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft
  • 1994 to 1997 Social insurance clerk training
  • 2000 to 2002 health insurance administrator training parallel to full-time work
  • 2003 Acquisition of the trainer qualification
  • 2002 to 2006 Deputy chair of the company health insurance fund Energie, Verkehr & Service
  • 2005 to 2007 Evening studies in Human Resource Management (Administration School)
  • 2007 to 2009 Head of Human Resources department at the company health insurance fund "BKK futur"
  • Since 2009, Member of the German Bundestag
  • 2013 to 2019 Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
  • Since 2013, Member of the executive committee of the SPD parliamentary group
  • 2019 to 2021 Deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
  • 2021 to 2025 President of the German Bundestag
  • Since 6 May 2025, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs