Wolfgang Tiefensee

Wolfgang Tiefensee
Minister of Economics, Science and Digital Society of Thuringia
Assumed office
4 March 2020
Minister PresidentBodo Ramelow
Preceded byHimself
In office
5 December 2014 – 5 February 2020
Minister PresidentBodo Ramelow
Preceded byUwe Höhn
Succeeded byHimself
Deputy Minister President of Thuringia
In office
4 March 2020 – 31 August 2021
Minister PresidentBodo Ramelow
Preceded byHeike Taubert
Succeeded byGeorg Maier
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Thuringia
In office
11 March 2018 – 26 September 2020
DeputyAntje Hochwind
Diana Lehmann
Cornelia Klisch
Sven Schrade
Preceded byAndreas Bausewein
Succeeded byGeorg Maier
Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
In office
22 November 2005 – 27 October 2009
ChancellorAngela Merkel
Preceded byManfred Stolpe
Succeeded byPeter Ramsauer
Mayor of Leipzig
In office
1 July 1998 – 22 November 2005
Preceded byHinrich Lehmann-Grube
Succeeded byBurkhard Jung
Member of the Landtag of Thuringia
In office
26 November 2019 – 4 December 2019
Succeeded byThomas Hartung
ConstituencySocial Democratic List
Member of the Bundestag
for Saxony
In office
27 October 2009 – 11 December 2014
Succeeded byDetlef Müller
ConstituencySocial Democratic List
Personal details
Born (1955-01-04) 4 January 1955 (age 69)
Gera, East Germany
Political partySPD
ProfessionEngineer
Websitewolfgang-tiefensee.de

Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 4 January 1955) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel between 2005 and 2009. Since 2014, he has been the State Minister of Economy, Science and the Digital Society in the government of Thuringia's Minister-President Bodo Ramelow.