Lars Klingbeil | |
|---|---|
 Klingbeil in 2021 | |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2021 Serving with Saskia Esken | |
| General Secretary | Kevin Kühnert |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Norbert Walter-Borjans |
| General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 8 December 2017 – 11 December 2021 | |
| Leader | |
| Preceded by | Hubertus Heil |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Kühnert |
| Member of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Reinhard Grindel |
| Constituency | Rotenburg I – Heidekreis |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Constituency | See list |
| In office 24 January 2005 – 18 October 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Jann-Peter Janssen |
| Succeeded by | multi-member district |
| Constituency | See list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lars Klingbeil 23 February 1978 Soltau, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
| Spouse | Lena-Sophie Müller (m. 2019) |
| Alma mater | University of Hannover |
Lars Klingbeil (born 23 February 1978) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the party's Co-Leader since 2021, together with Saskia Esken.
Klingbeil previously was the General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party from December 2017 to December 2021.[1] Since 2001 he has been a member of the City Council of Munster and a member of the District Council of Heide. He was a Member of the Bundestag for about nine months in 2005 and has been a member again since the 2009 Federal Election. From 2003 till 2007, Klingbeil was the Deputy Leader of the Jusos, the SPD youth wing. Klingbeil is a member of the Seeheim Circle,[2] the right wing of the SPD, which shares many similarities with Tony Blair's New Labour.
- ^ "Personen". Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) (in German). Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ SPD, Seeheimer Kreis in der (2 February 2018). "Start". Seeheimer Kreis (in German). Retrieved 9 February 2018.