Christian Wolfgang Lindner is a German retired politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who was the Federal Minister of Finance from 2021 until his dismissal in 2024 during a government crisis. Serving from 2013 to 2025, Lindner was the longest-serving party-leader of the FDP and a Member of the Bundestag (MdB) for North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2025, having previously held a seat from 2009 until 2012. Lindner resigned as party leader and announced his retirement from active politics after the FDP dropped out of parliament as a result of the 2025 federal election. His dismissal from the Scholz cabinet is often considered the main catalyst for the party's inability to enter the Bundestag in the election.
- Occupation
- politician, writer, podcaster, political scientist
- Position held
- general secretary, member of the German Bundestag, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Born
- January 7, 1979
- Website
- http://www.christian-lindner.de/, https://www.christian-lindner.de/
