PERSON: Boris Pistorius
Employer
Federal Government of Germany
Position
Minister of Defense
Biography
Boris Pistorius (German pronunciation: [ˈbɔʁɪs pɪsˈtoːʁIʊs]; born 14 March 1960) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as the Federal Minister of Defense in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 19 January 2023.
Pistorius had previously been State Minister for Interior and Sports in the state government of Lower Saxony (Cabinet Weil II) since 2013. He served in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony from 2017, until his appointment as Federal Minister in 2023.
Pistorius was born in Osnabrück, the second son of Ursula Pistorius (née Raabe; 1933–2015) and Ludwig Pistorius (1923–2009). His mother was a member of the Osnabrück city council from 1972 to 1996 and also served as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 1978 to 1990.
After taking his abitur at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Gymnasium in Osnabrück, he was conscripted to military service in the Bundeswehr in 1980 before taking up law studies at the University of Münster and Osnabrück University, and also, for a brief period, at the Catholic University of the West.
>> Wikipedia
Pistorius had previously been State Minister for Interior and Sports in the state government of Lower Saxony (Cabinet Weil II) since 2013. He served in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony from 2017, until his appointment as Federal Minister in 2023.
Pistorius was born in Osnabrück, the second son of Ursula Pistorius (née Raabe; 1933–2015) and Ludwig Pistorius (1923–2009). His mother was a member of the Osnabrück city council from 1972 to 1996 and also served as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 1978 to 1990.
After taking his abitur at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Gymnasium in Osnabrück, he was conscripted to military service in the Bundeswehr in 1980 before taking up law studies at the University of Münster and Osnabrück University, and also, for a brief period, at the Catholic University of the West.
>> Wikipedia
ClipsBank (5)
Full
Compact
02/14/2025: German Defense Minister Says VP Vance Slamming EU Leaders for Their Suppression of Free Speech ‘Is Not Acceptable’ (clip)
Views: 1
Purchases: 0
0:00:29
02/14/2025: German Defense Minister Says VP Vance Slamming EU Leaders for Their Suppression of Free Speech ‘Is Not Acceptable’ (clip) (clip)
Views: 0
Purchases: 0
0:00:48
02/14/2025: German Defense Minister Says VP Vance Slamming EU Leaders for Their Suppression of Free Speech ‘Is Not Acceptable’ (clip)
Views: 5
Purchases: 1
0:00:48
02/14/2025: German Defense Minister Says VP Vance Slamming EU Leaders for Their Suppression of Free Speech ‘Is Not Acceptable’
Views: 15
Purchases: 3
0:03:12
02/17/2024: Germany’s Defense Minister: ‘We Should Not Echo What Trump Is Telling Us in His Election Campaign’
Views: 3
Purchases: 0
0:00:26
No data found
