Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

Ingrid Matthäus-Maier (born 9 September 1945 in Werlte) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Matthäus-Maier studied in Gießen and in Münster German law.

From 1988, she served as her parliamentary group's deputy chair under the leadership of successive chairs Hans-Jochen Vogel, Hans-Ulrich Klose, Rudolf Scharping and Peter Struck.

After she left the Bundestag, Matthäus-Maier became a member of the board of directors at Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

In April 2008, she resigned after 18 months as chief executive for health reasons and retired from the board of management at 63.