Marianne Birthler

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Marianne Birthler
Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records
In office 10 October 2000 – 14 March 2011
Preceded by	Joachim Gauck
Succeeded by	Roland Jahn
Minister for Education, Youth and Sport of Brandenburg
In office 22 November 1990 – 29 October 1992
Minister-President	Manfred Stolpe
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Roland Resch
Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg
In office 26 October 1990 – 30 September 1992
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Peter Schüler
Constituency	Alliance 90/The Greens List
Member of the Bundestag for Volkskammer
In office 3 October 1990 – 20 December 1990
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the Volkskammer for Berlin
In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1948-01-22) 22 January 1948 (age 76) Berlin, Allied-occupied Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Alliance 90/The Greens
Other political affiliations	Alliance 90 (1990–1993)
Spouse	Wolfgang Birthler ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1983)​
Children	3
Residence	Berlin
Alma mater	Fachschule für Außenhandel
Occupation	Politician Foreign Trade Employees catechist
Website	Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung website

Marianne Birthler (born 22 January 1948 in Friedrichshain, Berlin) is a German human rights advocate and politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. From 2000 to 2011, she served as the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records, responsible for investigating the past crimes of the Stasi, the former communist secret police of East Germany.^[1] In 2016 she was offered the nomination of the CDU/CSU and her own party for President of Germany, but after some time decided not to run; the parties would have had a majority in the Federal Convention, securing her the election.^[2]