CV

• Born on 23 February 1978 in Soltau

• 1996
  Joined the SPD 

• 1998
  Abitur (university entrance qualification) at the Munster Gymnasium

• 1998 to 1999
  Civilian service in the railway mission at Hannover

• 1999 to 2004
  Masters in political science, sociology and history at the Leibniz University of Hannover

• 2001 to 2003
  Employee in the constituency office of Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Member of the Bundestag Heino Wiese

• 2004 to 2005
  Youth education speaker, SPD Regional Association North Rhine-Westphalia

• January 2005 to October 2005
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2005 to 2009
  Office manager for Member of the Bundestag Garrelt Duin

• Since 2009
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2017 to 2021
  Secretary General of the SPD

• Since 2021
  Chair of the SPD

• 2025
  Chair of the SPD parliamentary group

• Since 6 May 2025
  Federal Minister of Finance and Deputy to the Federal Chancellor