Tanja Gönner
Tanja Gönner | |
|---|---|
| State Minister for the Environment of Baden-Württemberg | |
| In office 2005–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Stefan Mappus |
| Succeeded by | Franz Untersteller |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 2002–2004 | |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Bareiß |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 July 1969 Sigmaringen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | CDU |
| Alma mater | University 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.