Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (born 9 August 1962), commonly referred to by her initials AKK, is a German CDU politician. She was the Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2018 to 2021. She was chief minister of Saarland from 2011 to 2018, making her the first woman to lead the government of Saarland and the fourth woman to head a German state government. 