Matthias Miersch
Matthias Miersch | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Lars Klingbeil |
| 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 | 19 December 1968 Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Political party | SPD (since 1990) |
| Alma mater | Leibniz University Hannover |
| Occupation | Criminal defense lawyer Politician |
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 Bundestag since the 2005 German federal election, representing the Hannover-Land II district. Since 2025, he has been chairing his party's parliamentary group.
From 2013 to 2025, was 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 (2019–2024) and Lars Klingbeil (2021–2024). On 8 October 2024 Miersch was appointed as provisional secretary general of the Social Democratic Party. After the Scholz cabinet collapsed on 7 November 2024, he led the party's campaign for the 2025 German federal election.