Plug connector having socket with actuating tongue arranged at rearmost end of actuating element

An electrical connector for producing an electrical plug connection with a complementary connector, the electrical connector comprising:

• a housing in which a first insertion opening is formed, into which a complementary connector is adapted to be plugged in a direction of an insertion axis,
• at least one contact carrier,
• at least one electrical contact element held in the contact carrier,
• a locking arrangement for the complementary connector, the locking arrangement comprising at least one elastically deflectable or displaceable locking arm with in each case at least one first locking structure which in a fully inserted state of the complementary connector couples into a second, complementary locking structure of said complementary connector, an actuating element which, starting from a passive position, is manually displaceable into an active position, an actuating section on the actuating element which, in the active position, engages on the locking arm and keeps a locking structure thereof out of engagement with the complementary locking structure, and at least one unlocking surface on the locking arm, on which the actuating section engages in the active position, and
• the actuating section is formed by at least one tongue which is bent around at least one of a bending axis oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the actuating element or the insertion axis and is arranged at an outermost rear end of the actuating element and is not projected rearwardly by any section of the actuating element and thus forms a rear end face of the actuating element.