CV

• Born on 23 January 1976 in Erfurt; married; two children

• 1991 to 1994
  Abitur (university entrance qualification) at Johann Wilhelm Häßler Gymnasium in Erfurt

• 1994 to 1997
  Trained as a bank clerk

• 1995
  Joined the SPD

• 1995 to 1999
  Member of the SPD District Executive in Erfurt

• 1997 to 1998
  Civilian service in Erfurt

• 1998
  Bank clerk at Sparkasse Erfurt

• from 1998
  Member of the Bundestag

• 1999 to 2003
  Member of the SPD State Executive in Thuringia

• 2005 to 2013
  Fiscal policy spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2013
  Postgraduate degree in public policy at the University of Erfurt

• 2013 to 2017
  Vice Chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• 2014 to 2017
  Vice Chair of the SPD in Thuringia

• 2017 to 2021
  First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag

• December 2021 to May 2025
  Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany

• Since 6 May 2025
  Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety