Britta Ernst

Britta Ernst
Ernst in 2019
Spouse of the Chancellor of Germany
Current
In role since 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Joachim Sauer
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport of Brandenburg
In office 28 September 2017 – 17 April 2023
Minister-President	Dietmar Woidke
Preceded by	Günter Baaske [de]
Succeeded by	Steffen Freiberg [de]
President of the Kultusministerkonferenz
In office 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021
Preceded by	Stefanie Hubig
Succeeded by	Karin Prien
Minister for School and Professional Education of Schleswig-Holstein
In office 16 September 2014 – 28 June 2017
Minister-President	Torsten Albig
Preceded by	Waltraud Wende [de]
Succeeded by	Karin Prien
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundesrat for Brandenburg In office 17 October 2017 – 19 November 2019 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Member of the Hamburg Parliament In office 8 October 1997 – 31 August 2011 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Olaf Steinbiß Constituency Social Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-23) 23 February 1961 (age 63) Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1978–)
Spouse	Olaf Scholz ​ (m. 1998)​
Residence(s)	Old Market Square, Potsdam
Alma mater	Hamburger Universität für Wirtschaft und Politik
Occupation	Politician Real Estate Agent Civil Servant
Website	Bundesrat website

Britta Ernst (born 23 February 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany who has served as the State Minister for Education and Youth of Brandenburg from 2017 to 2023. She was a member of the Hamburg Parliament from 1997 to 2011, served as School Minister of Schleswig-Holstein from 2014 to 2017, and as president of the Kultusministerkonferenz in 2021. She is the wife of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.