Nils Schmid

Nils Schmid
Schmid in 2012
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Deputy Minister President of Baden-Württemberg
In office
12 May 2011  11 May 2016
Prime MinisterWinfried Kretschmann
Preceded byUlrich Goll
Succeeded byThomas Strobl
Minister of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg
In office
12 May 2011  11 May 2016
Prime MinisterWinfried Kretschmann
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1973-07-11) 11 July 1973
Trier, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

Nils Schmid (born 11 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2017.

In addition to his parliamentary work, Schmid has been serving as a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. From 2018 to 2025, he was the SPD parliamentary group's spokesperson for foreign affairs.