Nina Warken | |
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.jpg) Warken in 2025 | |
| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Karl Lauterbach |
| Member of the Bundestag forBaden-Württemberg | |
| Assumed office 5 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Stephan Harbarth |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nina Bender (1979-05-15)15 May 1979 (age 46) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union (since 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nina Ingrid Warken (néeBender;[1] born 15 May 1979) is a German lawyer and politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving asFederal Minister of Health in thegovernment ofChancellorFriedrich Merz since 2025. She has served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBaden-Württemberg from 2013 to 2017 and again from 2018.
Warken joined the CDU in 2002.[2] From 2006 to 2014, she served as deputy chair of theYoung Union (JU), the CDU's youth organization, under the leadership of its chairmanPhilipp Mißfelder.[3]
Warken first became member of the Bundestag after the2013 German federal election.[4] She lost her seat in the2017 German federal election, but was the first in line if aMember forBaden-Württemberg resigned. This happened on 23 November 2018, whenStephan Harbarth was elected President of theFederal Constitutional Court of Germany. She took her seat on 5 December 2018.
In parliament, Warken has served on the Committee on Internal Affairs (2013–2017; 2020–2025),[5] the Committee on European Affairs (2018), the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (2018–2025),[6] and the parliamentary monitoring group for theCOVID-19 pandemic in Germany (2021–2022).[7] On the Committee on Internal Affairs, she was her parliamentary group'srapporteur onvolunteering, civil protection anddisaster response.[8]
In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofMinister-President of Baden-WürttembergWinfried Kretschmann following the2021 state elections, Warken co-chaired the working group on integration, alongside Manfred Lucha.[9][10]
From 2022 to 2025, Warken also served on the German Parliament's body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely theFederal Court of Justice (BGH), theFederal Administrative Court (BVerwG), theFederal Fiscal Court (BFH), theFederal Labour Court (BAG), and theFederal Social Court (BSG).[11]
From 2022 to 2023, Warken co-chaired – alongsideJohannes Fechner – the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work.[12][13]
Since 2023, Warken has been serving as Secretary General of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg, under the leadership of chairmanManuel Hagel.[14]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition ofFriedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) following the2025 German elections, Warken was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on domestic policy, legal affairs, migration and integration, led byGünter Krings,Andrea Lindholz andDirk Wiese.[15][16]
Also since 2025, Warken has been leading the Christian Democrats’ Women's Union; in this capacity, she is part of the CDU’s national board.[17]
In June 2017, Warken voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[20]
Warken supports a criminal ban on buying sex but not selling sex.[21]
Warken is married to lawyer Sebastian Warken. The couple has three sons.[22] In her free time, Warken playstennis.[23]
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