CV

• Born on 3 May 1968 in Walsum (now Duisburg)

• 1984
  Secondary school graduation with general school leaving certificate

• 1985 to 1987 
  Apprenticeship as an administrative assistant at DVG Duisburg

• 1986 to 1988
  Youth and trainee representative at DVG

• 1987 to 2001
  Office clerk at the transport company Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG) and later at the DVG company health insurance fund

• Since 1988
  Member of the SPD

• 1988 to 1998
  Member of the works council and employee representative on the DVG supervisory board

• 1994 to 1997
  Social insurance case manager training course

• 2000 to 2002
  In-service health insurance management expert training course

• 2003
  Obtained instructor qualification

• 2002 to 2006
  Deputy director of the EVS company health insurance fund 

• 2005 to 2007
  Evening course in human resource management (VWA)

• 2007 to 2009
  Head of the personnel services department of the BKK futur company health insurance fund 

• Since 2009
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2013 to 2019
  Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• Since 2013
  Member of the executive board of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2019 to 2021
  Deputy Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2021 to 2025
  President of the Bundestag

• Since 6 May 2025
  Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs