German politician (born 1972), Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Hubertus Heil
MdB
Heil in 2020
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2018
Chancellor
Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz
Preceded by
Katarina Barley (acting)
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2019
Serving with Serpil Midyatli, Anke Rehlinger, Klara Geywitz, Kevin Kühnert
Leader
Saskia Esken Norbert Walter-Borjans
Preceded by
Manuela Schwesig
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
In office 2 June 2017 – 8 December 2017 Acting
Leader
Martin Schulz
Preceded by
Katarina Barley
Succeeded by
Lars Klingbeil
In office 15 November 2005 – 13 November 2009
Leader
Franz Müntefering Matthias Platzeck Kurt Beck Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Acting)
Preceded by
Klaus Uwe Benneter
Succeeded by
Andrea Nahles
Member of the Bundestag for Gifhorn – Peine
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 September 1998
Preceded by
Engelbert Nelle
Personal details
Born
Wolfgang-Hubertus Heil
(1972-11-03) 3 November 1972 (age 51) Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany (present-day Germany)
Political party
Social Democratic Party
Children
2
Alma mater
University of Potsdam University of Hagen
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Wolfgang-Hubertus Heil (born 3 November 1972) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the first cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 14 March 2018.[1]
In 2005, Heil became general secretary of the SPD. In September 2009, after immense losses for the SPD during the German federal election, Heil announced his resignation from this position for November.[2] Andrea Nahles succeeded him as general secretary in November 2009. After Katarina Barley's appointment as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, he briefly returned to the office from 2 June to 8 December 2017.
^Tobias Buck and Guy Chazan (14 March 2018), Germany's new government: who's who in Angela Merkel's cabinet Financial Times.
^"Steinbrück und Heil geben Parteiämter auf". Der Spiegel (in German). 29 September 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
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