Boris Pistorius
Federal Minister of Defence, Germany
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Profile
Boris Pistorius is a German lawyer and SPD politician who assumed the role of Federal Minister of Defence in January 2023 under Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He retained his position when Friedrich Merz formed his government, making him the sole holdover from the previous cabinet. Before his appointment to the defence portfolio, he served for a decade as Interior Minister of Lower Saxony.
Why they matter
As Germany’s Defence Minister, Pistorius has been a key signatory in expanding bilateral defence-industrial cooperation with Ukraine, including the agreement on joint production of BARS drones — a concrete step in integrating drone manufacturing capacity between a NATO member and an active war economy.
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