Olaf Lies

Olaf Lies
Lies in 2012
Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Assumed office
20 May 2025
Preceded byStephan Weil
Minister for Economic Affairs, Housing, Transport and Digitalization Lower Saxony
In office
8 November 2022  20 May 2025
Preceded byBernd Althusmann
Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony
In office
22 November 2017  8 November 2022
Preceded byStefan Wenzel
Succeeded byChristian Meyer
Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony
In office
19 February 2013  22 November 2017
Preceded byJörg Bode
Succeeded byBernd Althusmann
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony
In office
29 May 2010  20 January 2012
Preceded byGarrelt Duin
Succeeded byStephan Weil
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Friesland
Assumed office
27 January 2008
Personal details
Born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967
Wilhelmshaven, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany

Olaf Lies (born 8 May 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). In May 2025 he was elected as Minister-President of the federal state of Lower Saxony.