Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel | |
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Schäfer-Gümbel in 2020 | |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party Acting | |
| In office 3 June 2019 – 1 October 2019 | |
| General Secretary | Lars Klingbeil |
| Preceded by | Andrea Nahles |
| Succeeded by | Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Hesse | |
| In office 28 February 2009 – 1 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Andrea Ypsilanti |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Faeser |
| Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 14 November 2009 – 1 October 2019 | |
| Leader | Sigmar Gabriel Martin Schulz Andrea Nahles |
| Preceded by | Andrea Nahles |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Kühnert |
| Member of the Hessian Landtag | |
| In office 5 April 2003 – 1 October 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1969 Oberstdorf, West Germany |
| Political party | SPD |
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel (né Schäfer; born 1 October 1969) is a former German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as member of the management board of GIZ since 2019.
Schäfer-Gümbel notably was the leader of the opposition SPD party bloc in the Hessian state parliament. He lost his bid for the office of Minister-President of Hesse in the January 2009 Hessian state election, where he had challenged incumbent Roland Koch (CDU). Schäfer-Gümbel served as deputy leader of the SPD from December 2013. He was one of three ad interim successors of former SPD leader Andrea Nahles in the transition phase.