Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, sometimes referred to by her initials of AKK, is a retired German politician who served as Minister of Defence from 2019 to 2021 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2018 to 2021.
Kramp-Karrenbauer in 2016
Püttlingen, a small town near the German–French border, where Annegret Kramp grew up
Election poster for Kramp-Karrenbauer's 1994 candidacy in Saarland
Minister of Defence Kramp-Karrenbauer and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on 13 April 2021
Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
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The Federal Ministry of Defence, abbreviated BMVg, is a top-level federal agency, headed by the Federal Minister of Defence as a member of the Cabinet of Germany. The ministry is headquartered at the Hardthöhe district in Bonn and has a second office in the Bendlerblock building in Berlin, which is occasionally used as a metonym to denote the entire Ministry.
Entrance to the Hardthöhe, Bonn
Bendlerblock, Berlin-Tiergarten, secondary seat since 1993
Image: Bundeswehr Foto BVM001 Theodor Blank
Image: Verteidigungsminister Franz Josef Strauß (4909816836)