Christian Lindner

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Christian Wolfgang Lindner MdB
Lindner in 2021
Minister of Finance
In office 8 December 2021 – 7 November 2024
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Olaf Scholz
Succeeded by	Jörg Kukies
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2013
Deputy	Wolfgang Kubicki Nicola Beer Johannes Vogel
General Secretary	Nicola Beer Linda Teuteberg Volker Wissing
Preceded by	Philipp Rösler
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office 24 October 2017 – 7 December 2021
Chief Whip	Marco Buschmann
Deputy	Katja Suding Michael Theurer Stephan Thomae Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Christian Dürr Frank Sitta
Preceded by	Rainer Brüderle (2013)
Succeeded by	Christian Dürr
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017
Preceded by	Gerhard Papke
Succeeded by	Christof Rasche
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
In office 13 May 2012 – 27 November 2017
Preceded by	Daniel Bahr
Succeeded by	Joachim Stamp
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party
In office 24 December 2009 – 14 December 2011
Leader	Guido Westerwelle Philipp Rösler
Preceded by	Dirk Niebel
Succeeded by	Patrick Döring
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Incumbent Assumed office 24 October 2017 Preceded by multi-member district Constituency Free Democratic Party List In office 27 October 2009 – 10 July 2012 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Hans-Werner Ehrenberg Constituency Free Democratic Party List Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia In office 31 May 2012 – 10 October 2017 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Lorenz Deutsch Constituency Free Democratic Party List In office 1 June 2000 – 18 November 2009 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by Ute Dreckmann Constituency Free Democratic Party List
Personal details
Born	Christian Wolfgang Lindner (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 45) Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political party	Free Democratic
Spouses	Dagmar Rosenfeld ​ ​ (m. 2011; div. 2020)​ Franca Lehfeldt ​ (m. 2022)​
Alma mater	University of Bonn (MA)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Germany
Branch/service	Bundeswehr
Years of service	2002–present
Rank	Major
Unit	German Air Force Reserve

Christian Wolfgang Lindner (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who was the Federal Minister of Finance from 8 December 2021 to 7 November 2024. On 6 November 2024, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz removed Lindner from his position, Scholz’s reasoning being that a joined coalition proved impossible. Lindner has been the party leader of the FDP since 2013 and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) for North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017, previously holding a seat from 2009 until 2012.^[1][2]