Matthias Miersch

Matthias Miersch
Miersch in 2014
General Secretary of the
Social Democratic Party
Acting
Assumed office
8 October 2024
LeaderSaskia Esken
Lars Klingbeil
Preceded byKevin Kühnert
Member of the Bundestag
for Hannover-Land II
Assumed office
18 October 2005
Preceded byHorst Schild
Personal details
Born (1968-12-19) 19 December 1968 (age 55)
Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany (now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Political partySocial Democratic
Alma materLeibniz University Hannover
OccupationCriminal 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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