Johann Saathoff

Johann Saathoff (born 9 December 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.

In addition to his parliamentary work, Saathoff has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.

Saathoff was previously Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (2021–2025) and the German government's Coordinator for Inter-Societal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries at the Federal Foreign Office in the coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel (2020–2021).