Green Minister as the first politician on the "Vogue" cover

It is a premiere: According to the fashion magazine, the Greens politician Aminata Touré is the first incumbent minister to have the German “Vogue” dedicate her cover photo to her.

"I found it exciting because it appeals to a completely different group of readers and it is my aim to reach people who not only deal with politics but also with other things - and then come across a political topic," said Schleswig -Holstein's social affairs minister, the first Afro-German minister in Germany, to the "Kieler Nachrichten".

In the portrait of "Vogue" (12/2022), the 30-year-old is quoted as saying: "The knowledge of how politics works often paves the way into politics. In practice, this unfortunately means that in the end it is often the same type of person who makes politics. That, in turn, is one of the most important reasons why people say: They're on their own anyway, that's not for me, I don't want to do politics." She thinks it's important "to create transparency in politics". "You don't have to like every decision, but I think if you understand how decisions are made and what the motivation behind them is, then you have more confidence in this democratic system."

The "Vogue" portrait also addresses the reactions to the minister's supposed proximity on social media: "Before being sworn in as minister, Touré posted an Instagram story in the morning about how she was getting ready for the big day: "And then it was I suddenly asked in interviews: Doesn't that distract you from your ministry when you dance? Apart from the fact that I haven't even been a minister, my answer is no. How on earth is that supposed to keep me from my job by swinging my hips in the morning?"

Touré was born in Neumünster in 1992 as the daughter of refugees from Mali. She lived with her three sisters and parents for a long time in fear of being deported. Only when she was twelve did the chain toleration end and she received German citizenship. Touré has been Minister for Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Senior Citizens, Integration and Equality in Schleswig-Holstein in the black-green cabinet under Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) since the end of June.

In the "Kieler Nachrichten" the minister also emphasized that the clothes are provided for the interview with "Vogue" - "and by the way, you are not allowed to keep them".

As for fashion, she likes “colorful things. I don't know anything about brands, I don't look too closely at them."