What is Jens Spahn?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Jens Spahn | image = Jens Spahn MdB.jpg | office = [[Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)|Minister of Health]] | chancellor = [[Angela Merkel]] | term_start = 14 March 2018 | term_end = 8 December 2021 | predecessor = [[Hermann Gröhe]] | successor = [[Karl Lauterbach]] | office1 = [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Parliamentary Secretary of State for Finance]] | chancellor1 = Angela Merkel | minister1 = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]<br>[[Peter Altmaier]] {{small|(acting)}} | term_start1 = 3 July 2015 | term_end1 = 14 March 2018 | predecessor1 = Steffen Kampeter | successor1 = Christine Lambrecht | office2 = Member of the [[Bundestag]]<br>for [[Steinfurt (district)|Steinfurt I]] and [[Borken (district)|Borken I]] | term_start2 = 22 September 2002 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = Constituency established | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|5|16}} | birth_place = [[Ahaus]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] | spouse = Daniel Funke | alma_mater = [[University of Hagen]] }} '''Jens Spahn''' (born 16 May 1980) is a German politician. He was the [[Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)|Federal Minister of Health]] from 2018 to 2021. He is a member of the lower house of the federal parliament, the [[Bundestag]] as a member of the centre-right [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany]] (CDU). In October 2018, [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] announced her retirement for the [[Leader of the Christian Democratic Union|CDU party leadership]]. Spahn announced his intention to stand for election as her successor in [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election, 2018|December 2018]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.faz.net/1.5864784|title=Merz will CDU-Chef werden: „Wir brauchen in der Union Aufbruch und Erneuerung“|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|access-date=30 October 2018|language=de|issn=0174-4909}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFA