Secret wedding: Defense Minister Pistorius marries girlfriend. Boris Pistorius and Julia Schwanholz have been together for more than a year.
Pistorius was previously in a relationship with Doris Schröder-Köpf, the ex-wife of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröders. His first wife died in 2015 and he has not yet made a public statement about his marriage, but he now appears wearing a wedding ring during his appearances. The wedding took place between the years, as a spokesman for the Defense Ministry announced in Berlin.