CV

• Born on 14 June 1958 in Osnabrück.

• since 1975
  Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

• 1977
  Abitur (university entrance qualification) in Hamburg-Rahlstedt

• 1978 to 1984
  Studied law

• 1984 to 1985
  Civilian service

• since 1985
  Lawyer

• 1998 to 2001
  Member of the Bundestag

• May 2001 to October 2001
  Interior Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

• 2002 to 2011
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2005 to 2007
  First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2007 to 2009
  Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

• 2009 to 2011
  Deputy Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2011 to 2018
  First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

• February 2018
  Acting Chair of the SPD

• March 2018 to December 2019
  Deputy Chair of the SPD

• March 2018 to December 2021
  Federal Minister of Finance

• since 2021
  Member of the Bundestag

• since December 2021
  Federal Chancellor