This article lists electoral firsts in Germany.
Women
First female chancellor
Angela Merkel in 2005
First female defence minister
Ursula von der Leyen in 2013
First female health minister
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt in 1961
First black woman MP
Awet Tesfaiesus in 2021
First Moroccan woman
Sanae Abdi in 2021
LGBT
First gay Member of the Bundestag
Herbert Rusche in 1985
First gay Vice-Chancellor
Guido Westerwelle in 2009
First lesbian Member of the Bundestag
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin in 1987
First lesbian member of the Federal Cabinet
Barbara Hendricks in 2013
First bisexual Member of the Bundestag
Ricarda Lang in 2021
First transsexual Member of the Bundestag
Nyke Slawik and Tessa Ganserer in 2021Riham Alkousaa (September 28, 2021), Two transgender women win seats in German parliament Reuters.
Ethnic minorities
First MPs of African descent
Senegalese
Karamba Diaby in 2013 Charles M. Huber in 2013
First MPs of Asian descent
Iranian
Sahra Wagenknecht in 2005
Korean
Ye-One Rhie in 2021
First MPs of European descent
Bosnian Adis Ahmetovic and Jasmina Hostert in 2021
First MPs with disabilities
Heike Heubach (deaf) in 2024
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