Doris Schröder-Köpf

Doris Schröder-Köpf
Schröder-Köpf in 2013
Commissioner for Migration and Participation of Lower Saxony
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 April 2013
Prime Minister	Stephan Weil
Preceded by	Office established
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Hannover-Döhren
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 October 2017
Preceded by	Dirk Toepffer
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
In office 20 January 2013 – 15 October 2017
Constituency	Party-list proportional representation
Personal details
Born	Doris Köpf (1963-08-05) 5 August 1963 (age 61) Neuburg an der Donau, West Germany
Spouse	Gerhard Schröder ​ ​ (m. 1997; div. 2018)​
Domestic partner	Boris Pistorius (2016–2022)[1]
Children	3
Residence(s)	Hanover, Germany
Occupation	Journalist

Doris Schröder-Köpf (née Köpf; born 5 August 1963) is a German journalist and politician. She was the fourth wife of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Her articles have been published in newspapers and magazines including Bild and Focus.

Personal life

With Vladimir Putin (left) and Gerhard Schröder (right) in 2003

Köpf and partner Sven Kuntze moved to New York City in 1990, where they had a daughter named Klara in the following year. Soon after the birth the pair separated and Köpf moved back to Bavaria with the child. In October 1997, Köpf married Gerhard Schröder, then Minister-President of Lower Saxony. The couple adopted three year old Viktoria from Saint Petersburg in 2004, and a boy named Gregor in 2006.

They separated in March 2015, and divorced in January 2018.

Political career

In April 2013, Schröder-Köpf was elected as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for the Social Democratic Party (SPD), where she serves on the Committee on Internal Affairs and Sports as well as on its Sub-Committee on Media. In addition, she was appointed State Commissioner of Migration and Immigration issues for Lower Saxony in the state government of Minister-President Stephan Weil.

Other activities

• Willy Brandt Prize, Member of the Jury[2]
• Niedersächsische Lotto-Sport-Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees

References

1. "Schröder-Köpf und Minister Pistorius sind ein Paar" [Schröder-Köpf and Minister Pistorius are a couple]. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 26 October 2016.
2. International Willy Brandt Prize Archived 3 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Other sources

• "Doris Schröder-Köpf". FOCUS Magazin (in German). No. 16. 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
• "Die Frau im Kanzleramt" [The woman in the Chancellery] (in German). Zeit Online. Retrieved 26 September 2010.