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My Take
Hannelore Kraft earns my genuine respect. As Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 to 2017, she was the first woman to head that state and only the third to lead any German state government, a real door she pushed open. Born in the working-class Ruhr city of Mülheim and trained as an economist, she brought both numbers and lived reality to governance, which I value in a politician. Her string of merit honors suggests durable trust, not flash. I'm drawn to leaders who rise from industrial roots to the top, and Kraft embodies that grounded, hard-won kind of public service.
Overview
Hannelore Kraft (née Külzhammer, 12 June 1961) is a German politician. She served as the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 until 2017. Kraft was the first woman to serve as head of government of this state and was the third woman to become head of a state government in Germany.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hannelore Kraft
- Name (Japanese)
- ハンネローレ・クラフト
- Reading
- はんねろーれ・くらふと
- Born
- June 12, 1961 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Ox
- Origin
- Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / economist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Duisburg-Essen
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2012 Marie Juchacz Plaque
- 2018 Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2015 German-Turkish friendship Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.