Christine Lieberknecht (born Determann 7 May 1958 in Weimar) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

After graduation in 1976 she studied Protestant theology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena:[2] Lieberknecht co-chaired the CDU's national conventions in Düsseldorf (2004),[3] Hanover (2007),[4] Karlsruhe (2010)[5] and in Berlin (2014).

Lieberknecht has been representing the constituency Weimarer Land II in the Landtag of Thuringia since 1991.

Lieberknecht served as a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2012,[7] 2017 and 2022.

[8] In 2019, Lieberknecht was appointed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community to serve on the committee that oversaw the preparations for the 30th anniversary of German reunification.