CV

• Born on 3 November 1972 in Hildesheim.

• since 1988
  Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

• 1992
  Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Peine

• 1992 to 1994
  Civilian service at the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband welfare association in Peine

• 1995 to 2006
  Studied political science and sociology at the University of Potsdam and graduated from the distance learning university FernUniversität Hagen

• since 1998
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2005 to 2009
  Secretary General of the SPD

• October 2009 to May 2017 
  Vice Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• from December 2009
  Chair of the SPD in the district of Braunschweig

• since 2011 
  Member of the SPD Party Executive

• June to December 2017
  Secretary General of the SPD

• since March 2018
  Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

• since 8 December 2019
  Deputy Chair of the SPD

• since 8 December 2021
  Once again Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs