Electoral firsts in Germany

This article lists electoral firsts in Germany.

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

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 2021

Senegalese

 * Karamba Diaby in 2013
 * Charles M. Huber in 2013

Iranian

 * Sahra Wagenknecht in 2005

Korean

 * Ye-One Rhie in 2021

Bosnian

 * Adis Ahmetovic and Jasmina Hostert in 2021