Jung’s resignation also catapulted a new young woman into the cabinet, who has taken over the post of Minister for Family Affairs. Kristina Köhler, a Christian Democrat MP from the federal state of Hessen, is virtually unknown.The 32-year-old holds a Ph.D. in sociology, and has been a back-bencher in the German parliament since 2002. She's petite, blonde, attractive and tough as nails - as she showed when she was a member of the committee investigating Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND. During those committee hearings, she always took a hard line against prominent Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier. People and Politics introduce an up-and-coming member of Germany's political elite — Kristina Köhler.