Gunther Krichbaum, born 4 May 1964, has served as Germany’s Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office since May 2025. A directly elected Member of the German Bundestag since 2002, he represented the CDU/CSU parliamentary group as spokesperson for European affairs from 2021 to 2025. Previously, he chaired the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs from 2007 to 2021. Krichbaum studied law in Tübingen, Lausanne, Geneva and Heidelberg and is a member of the Presidency of the European People’s Party (EPP).