Tanja Gönner

Tanja Gönner
State Minister for the Environment of Baden-Württemberg
In office
2005–2011
Preceded byStefan Mappus
Succeeded byFranz Untersteller
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2002–2004
Succeeded byThomas Bareiß
Personal details
Born (1969-07-23) 23 July 1969
Sigmaringen, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyCDU
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen

Tanja Gönner (born 23 July 1969 in Sigmaringnen) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as managing director of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), the leading lobby organization of German industry since November 2022.

As a CDU politician, she was a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 until her resignation on 13 July 2004, Minister of Social Affairs from 2004 to 2005 and Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2011, as well as minister of transport for the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2010 to 2011. From 2012 to 2022, she was spokesperson of the board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.