CV

• Born on 17 September 1973 in Landau in der Pfalz 
   

• 1993 
  Graduated high school in Bad Bergzabern

• 1993 to 2001 
  Studied law at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

• 1999 to 2024 
  Member of the Südliche Weinstraße District Council

• 2001 
  First State Law Examination

• 2001 to 2004 
  Staff member at an agency for quality assurance in teaching, study and research in Baden-Württemberg

• 2002 to 2013 
  Member of the Executive Committee of the SPD Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Association

• 2004 to 2006 
  Staff member and project manager at the Steinbeis Transfer Centre IPQ in Heidelberg and lecturer at the Mosbach University of Cooperative Education 

• 2004 to 2013 
  Member of the Executive Committee of the SPD Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Association

• 2004 to 2014 
  Chair of the SPD Südliche Weinstraße District Association

• 2006 to 2009 
  Member of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament

• 2009 to 2011
  State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

• 2011 to 2013 
  Secretary-General of the SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate

• 2013 
  Member of the State Parliament

• 2013 to 2014 
  Minister of Social Affairs, Labour, Health and Demography

• 2014 to 2021 
  Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament

• 2014 
  Chair of the SPD Palatinate District Association

• 2014 
  Deputy Chair of the SPD Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Association

• 2017 
  Member of the SPD Executive Committee

• 2021 to 2024 
  Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitalisation

• 2024 to 2026 
  Minister-President of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

• 2025 
  Deputy Chair of the SPD

• Since May 2026 
  Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament 
  
  13 October 2026 
  Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs