Minister for Family Affairs | People & Politics

Jung's resignation also catapulted a new young woman into the cabinet,who has taken over the post of Minister for Family Affairs. Kristina Köhler,a Christian Democrat MP from the federal state of Hessen,is virtually unknown.The 32-year-old holds a Ph.D. in sociology,and has been a back-bencher in the German parliament since 2002. She's petite,blonde,attractive and tough as nails - as she showed when she was a member of the committee investigating Germany's foreign intelligence service,the BND. During those committee hearings,she always took a hard line against prominent Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier. People and Politics introduce an up-and-coming member of Germany's political elite -- Kristina Köhler.