Christian Lindner

**Christian Wolfgang Lindner** (born 7 January 1979) is a German politician. He is a member of the Bundestag and leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP). In December 2021, he became the  Minister of Finance.

On 23 February 2025, Lindner resigned as party leader and announced his retirement from active politics after the FDP lost all of their seats in parliament as a result of the 2025 federal election. He is widely blamed for the party's massive loss in the Bundestag during the election.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office9**: Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
 for North Rhine-Westphalia
- **term start9**: 2017 German federal election, 24 October 2017
- **constituency9**: Electoral system of Germany, Free Democratic Party List
- **predecessor9**: _multi-member district_
- **term start10**: 2009 German federal election, 27 October 2009
- **term end10**: 10 July 2012
- **predecessor10**: _multi-member district_
- **constituency10**: Electoral system of Germany, Free Democratic Party List
- **successor10**: Hans-Werner Ehrenberg
- **office11**: Member of the
- **term start11**: 2012 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 31 May 2012
- **term end11**: 10 October 2017
- **predecessor11**: _multi-member district_
- **successor11**: Lorenz Deutsch
- **constituency11**: Electoral system of Germany, Free Democratic Party List
- **term start12**: 2000 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 1 June 2000
- **term end12**: 18 November 2009
- **successor12**: Ute Dreckmann
- **predecessor12**: _multi-member district_
- **constituency12**: Electoral system of Germany, Free Democratic Party List


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-suffix**: Member of the German Bundestag, MdB
- **name**: Christian Wolfgang Lindner
- **image**: 2020-02-14 Christian Lindner (Bundestagsprojekt 2020) by Sandro Halank–2.jpg
- **caption**: Lindner in 2020
- **office1**: Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany), Minister of Finance
- **chancellor1**: Olaf Scholz
- **term start1**: 8 December 2021
- **term end1**: 7 November 2024
- **predecessor1**: Olaf Scholz
- **successor1**: Jörg Kukies
- **office3**: Leader of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), Leader of the Free Democratic Party
- **term start3**: 7 December 2013
- **deputy3**: Wolfgang Kubicki
Nicola Beer
Johannes Vogel (politician), Johannes Vogel
- **term end3**: 23 February 2025
- **1namedata3**: Nicola Beer
Linda Teuteberg
Volker Wissing
- **predecessor3**: Philipp Rösler
- **office4**: Leader of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
- **1namedata4**: Marco Buschmann
- **term start4**: 24 October 2017
- **term end4**: 7 December 2021
- **deputy5**: Katja Suding
Michael Theurer
Stephan Thomae
 Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Christian Dürr
Frank Sitta
- **predecessor5**: Rainer Brüderle <small>(2013)</small>
- **successor5**: Christian Dürr
- **office6**: Leader of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
- **term start6**: 31 May 2012
- **term end6**: 10 October 2017
- **predecessor6**: Gerhard Papke
- **successor6**: Christof Rasche
- **office7**: Leader of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
- **term start7**: 13 May 2012
- **term end7**: 27 November 2017
- **predecessor7**: Daniel Bahr
- **successor7**: Joachim Stamp
- **office8**: General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party
- **term start8**: 24 December 2009
- **term end8**: 14 December 2011
- **leader8**: Guido Westerwelle
 Philipp Rösler
- **predecessor8**: Dirk Niebel
- **successor8**: Patrick Döring
- **birth name**: Christian Wolfgang Lindner
- **birth place**: Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
- **party**: Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic
- **alma mater**: University of Bonn (Magister degree, MA)
- **branch**: _Bundeswehr_
- **serviceyears**: 2002–present
- **rank**: Major (Germany), Major
- **unit**: _German Air Force, German Air Force Reserve_
- **signature**: Christian Lindner Signature.svg