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Boris Ludwig Pistorius (German pronunciation: [ˈbɔʁɪs pɪsˈtoːʁiʊs]; [2] born 14 March 1960) is a German lawyer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), he has served as Federal Minister of Defence in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 19 January 2023.
The Federal Minister of Defence (German: Bundesminister der Verteidigung) is the head of the Federal Ministry of Defence and a member of the Federal Cabinet.. According to Article 65a of the German Constitution (German: Grundgesetz), the Federal Minister of Defence is commander-in-chief (German: Inhaber der Befehls- und Kommandogewalt) of the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, in peacetime. [1]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz from the Social Democratic Party announced in 2022 that he would also run as the SPD's candidate for chancellor in the 2025 federal election. [1] In addition to Scholz, Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius had also been considered as a candidate for chancellor based on popularity polls. [2]
Boris Pistorius (born 1960), German politician; Calie Pistorius, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria; Caren Pistorius, South African actress; Charlotte Pistorius (1777–1850), German poet; Eduard Pistorius , German artist; Hermann Andreas Pistorius (1730–1798), German Protestant-Lutheran theologian and philosopher
She married Ludwig Pistorius (1923–2009) with whom she had three sons born in 1956, 1960 and 1962 respectively. She quit her job after giving birth to her first son. [2] Pistorius' second son is Boris Pistorius, a SPD-politician who was lord mayor of Osnarbrück and is the current Federal Minister of Defence since 19 January 2023. [5] [4]
The Party Executive Committee (German: Parteivorstand) [note 1] is the governing body of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The executive is responsible for implementing resolutions of the Party Diet of the SPD, as well as managing the party, and organising party diets.
Signing of the coalition agreement [] for the 20th legislative period of the German Bundestag on 7 December 2021 in Berlin. The list of participants in the coalition negotiations between the SPD, Alliance 90/The Greens and the FDP in 2021 lists the people who took part in the coalition negotiations between the parties following the 2021 German federal election.
On 19 February, Gerhartz and his subordinates were discussing an upcoming briefing to bring German Defense minister Boris Pistorius up to speed on Taurus. [6] [7] One of the officials participated from Singapore, where he was attending the biennial military Singapore Airshow, and joined the conversation via Cisco Webex from his hotel, the use of which is authorised in the German armed forces ...