Matthias Miersch | |
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General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party | |
Acting | |
Assumed office 8 October 2024 | |
Leader | Saskia Esken Lars Klingbeil |
Preceded by | Kevin Kühnert |
Member of the Bundestag for Hannover-Land II | |
Assumed office 18 October 2005 | |
Preceded by | Horst Schild |
Personal details | |
Born | Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany) | 19 December 1968
Citizenship | German |
Political party | Social Democratic |
Alma mater | Leibniz University Hannover |
Occupation | Criminal defense lawyer |
Matthias Miersch (born 19 December 1968) is a German criminal defense lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Member of the German Parliament since 2005, representing the Hannover-Land II district. He focusses on environmental policy.[1] On 8 October 2024 Miersch was appointed as provisional secretary general of the Social Democratic Party.
Since 2013, Miersch has been a member of the party's executive board under successive chairpersons Sigmar Gabriel (2013-2017), Martin Schulz (2017-2018), Andrea Nahles (2018-2019), Norbert Walter-Borjans (2019–2021), Saskia Esken (since 2019) and Lars Klingbeil (since 2021).
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