Thomas Oppermann | |
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![]() Oppermann in 2020 | |
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the SPD-group) | |
In office 24 October 2017 – 25 October 2020 | |
Preceded by | Edelgard Bulmahn |
Succeeded by | Dagmar Ziegler |
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
In office 16 December 2013 – 27 September 2017 | |
Chief Whip | Christine Lambrecht |
Preceded by | Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
Succeeded by | Andrea Nahles |
Chief Whip of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
In office 21 November 2007 – 16 December 2013 | |
Leader | Peter Struck Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
Preceded by | Olaf Scholz |
Succeeded by | Christine Lambrecht |
Member of the Bundestag for Göttingen | |
In office 18 September 2005 – 25 October 2020 | |
Preceded by | Inge Wettig-Danielmeier |
Succeeded by | vacant [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Ludwig Albert Oppermann 27 April 1954[2] Freckenhorst, West Germany |
Died | 25 October 2020 Göttingen, Germany | (aged 66)
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen University of Göttingen |
Thomas Ludwig Albert Oppermann[3] (27 April 1954 – 25 October 2020) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). From October 2017 until his death he served as Vice President of the Bundestag. In his earlier career, he served as First Secretary (2007–2013) and later as chairman (2013–2017) of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag.
Oppermann belonged to the right wing of the SPD, known as Seeheimer Kreis.[4]