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Christian Lindner
Christian Lindner (born 1979, Wuppertal), German FDP politician, party chairman 2013–2025 and Federal Finance Minister 2021–2024; dismissed by Scholz over the debt brake, led FDP to 2025 election defeat, then withdrew from politics.
Free Democratic Party
Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP), German liberal party founded 1948 in Heppenheim; long-serving junior coalition partner (46 years in government), market-liberal program; led by Wolfgang Kubicki since May 2026 after losing Bundestag seats in 2025.