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Christian Lindner

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Christian Wolfgang Lindner (German: [ˈkʁɪsti̯an ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈlɪndnɐ] ; born 7 January 1979) is a German retired politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who was the Federal Minister of Finance from 2021 until his dismissal in 2024 during the 2024 German government crisis. Serving from 2013 to 2025, Lindner was the longest-serving party-leader of the FDP and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) for North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2025. having previously held a seat from 2009 until 2012. Lindner resigned as party leader and announced his retirement from active politics after the FDP dropped out of parliament as a result of the 2025 federal election. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Lindner is the 15,069th most popular politician (up from 16,195th in 2019), the 4,773rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,287th in 2019) and the 1,198th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christian Lindner ranks 15,069 out of 19,576Before him are Ylli Bufi, Zenón Noriega Agüero, Gary Locke, Mary Arthur McElroy, Ali Tarhouni, and John J. Sullivan. After him are Pany Yathotou, Ali Al-Naimi, Paul Keating, Abel Goumba, Steponas Kairys, and Aristides Gomes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Christian Lindner ranks 118Before him are Stipe Pletikosa, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Lee Hyori, Jessica Jaymes, Juan, and Ludivine Sagnier. After him are Cote de Pablo, André Holland, Gabri García, Tim Howard, Mariusz Lewandowski, and Ivan Ljubičić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Lindner ranks 4,776 out of 7,253Before him are Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756), Peter Baltes (1958), Hermann Volk (1903), Friedrich von Scholtz (1851), Moritz Bleibtreu (1971), and Tilo Prückner (1940). After him are Melchior von Diepenbrock (1798), Sabine Meyer (1959), Walter Kempowski (1929), Jamal Musiala (2003), Helene Lange (1848), and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Christian Lindner ranks 1,198Before him are Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1790), Haim Katz (1947), Uwe Barschel (1944), Jürgen Möllemann (1945), Claudia Roth (1955), and Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756). After him are Helene Lange (1848), Princess Marie of Hanover (1849), Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815), Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928), Ulrich Wehling (1952), and Julius Curtius (1877).