Thomas Kutschaty | |
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Leader of the Social Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Assumed office 6 March 2021 | |
Deputy | Marc Herter Elvan Korkmaz Veith Lemmen Sören Link Dörte Schall |
Preceded by | Sebastian Hartmann |
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Assumed office 27 April 2018 | |
Chief Whip | Sarah Philipp |
Preceded by | Norbert Römer |
Minister of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
In office 15 July 2010 – 27 June 2017 | |
Minister President | Hannelore Kraft |
Preceded by | Roswitha Müller-Piepenkötter |
Succeeded by | Peter Biesenbach |
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia for Essen I – Mülheim II | |
Assumed office 8 June 2005 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Kutschaty 12 June 1968 Essen, West Germany (now Germany) |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | Ruhr University Bochum |
Thomas Kutschaty (born 12 June 1968) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the leader of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia from 2021 to 2023.[1]
Kutschaty has been a member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2005 and the parliamentary leader of the SPD since 2018. Prior to this, Kutschaty served as the State Minister for Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 till 2017.