Claudia Crawford Bundesministerin a. D. | |
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Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth | |
In office 17 November 1994 – 26 October 1998 | |
Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
Preceded by | Hannelore Rönsch (Federal Minister for Family and Senior Citizens) Angela Merkel (Federal Minister for Women and Youth) |
Succeeded by | Christine Bergmann |
Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 3 October 1990 – 18 October 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Claudia Wiesemüller 7 February 1966 Rostock, East Germany |
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Spouses | Rainer Nolte
(m. 1990; div. 2001)David Crawford (m. 2018) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Ilmenau University of Technology |
Claudia Crawford (né Wiesemüller, formerly and still commonly known as Claudia Nolte; born 7 February 1966) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who became the youngest cabinet minister in German history whilst in office from 1994–98 and was Federal Minister for family, seniors, women and youth affairs and, by virtue of this office, presided over the European Union Council of Ministers. Nolte is a Catholic and is active in the Catholic community. She is married to investigative journalist David Crawford of CORRECT!V. With her marriage in July 2008, she took the name of her husband.