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Jens Spahn

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Jens Georg Spahn (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been a member of the lower house of the federal parliament, the Bundestag (German: Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, MdB), for Steinfurt I – Borken I since 2002. Since 2025, he has been leading the joint CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group in the 21st Bundestag, making him the majority leader. He served as Federal Minister of Health in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2018 to 2021, including during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. At the time of his first election in 2002, Spahn – at age 22 – was the youngest member of the CDU in the German parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Spahn is the 18,104th most popular politician (up from 18,227th in 2024), the 5,969th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,107th in 2019) and the 1,309th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jens Spahn ranks 18,104 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrew Cooper, Petar Lesov, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Gretchen Whitmer, Filippos Petsalnikos, and Saleh Ali al-Sammad. After him are Eleanor Holmes Norton, Kuldip Nayar, Eliot Spitzer, Sharice Davids, Shinjirō Koizumi, and Anders Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Jens Spahn ranks 388. Before him are Mohammad Al-Shalhoub, Teja Gregorin, Jurica Vranješ, Mikhail Tolstykh, Thomas Ian Nicholas, and David Giuntoli. After him are Yuri Kolokolnikov, Sharice Davids, Philippe Lacheau, Claudia Leitte, Scott Parker, and Sarah Chang.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jens Spahn ranks 5,972 out of 7,253. Before him are René Müller (1959), Michael Kretschmer (1975), Sven Ottke (1967), Ian Harding (1986), Jörg Roßkopf (1969), and Jacky Terrasson (1965). After him are Guildo Horn (1963), Ulrich Schreck (1962), Sharice Davids (1980), Mario Kummer (1962), Grischa Niermann (1975), and Udo Kiessling (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Jens Spahn ranks 1,309. Before him are Isabelle Faust (1972), Volker Wissing (1970), Gesine Lötzsch (1961), Wolfgang Tiefensee (1955), Peter Müller (1955), and Michael Kretschmer (1975). After him are Sharice Davids (1980), Jens Seipenbusch (1968), André Wohllebe (1962), Svenja Schulze (1968), Dieter Althaus (1958), and Christine Lieberknecht (1958).

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