Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2017
Deputy
Stefan Sternberg Nadine Julitz Christian Pegel Erik von Malottki Reem Alabali-Radovan
General Secretary
Julian Barlen
Preceded by
Erwin Sellering
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Acting
In office 3 June 2019 – 10 September 2019
Serving with Malu Dreyer, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
General Secretary
Lars Klingbeil
Preceded by
Andrea Nahles
Succeeded by
Norbert Walter-Borjans Saskia Esken
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 13 November 2009 – 10 September 2019
Leader
Sigmar Gabriel Martin Schulz Andrea Nahles
Preceded by
Peer Steinbrück
Succeeded by
Klara Geywitz
Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
In office 17 December 2013 – 2 June 2017
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
Preceded by
Kristina Schröder
Succeeded by
Katarina Barley
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cabinet
Minister of Labour, Equality and Social Affairs
In office 25 October 2011 – 16 December 2013
Minister-President
Erwin Sellering
Preceded by
herself(Social Affairs) Jürgen Seidel (Labour)
Succeeded by
Birgit Hesse
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office 6 October 2008 – 25 October 2011
Minister-President
Erwin Sellering
Preceded by
Erwin Sellering
Succeeded by
herself(Social Affairs)
Landtag constituencies
Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for Schwerin I
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 October 2021
Preceded by
Erwin Sellering (2019)
In office 4 October 2011 – 14 January 2014
Preceded by
Gottfried Timm
Succeeded by
Dagmar Kaselitz
Personal details
Born
Manuela Frenzel
(1974-05-23) 23 May 1974 (age 49) Frankfurt (Oder), Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany (now Brandenburg, Germany)
Political party
Social Democratic Party (2003–)
Spouse
Stefan Schwesig
(m. 2000)
Children
2
Residence
Schwerin
Alma mater
Fachhochschule für Finanzen Brandenburg
Occupation
Politician
Tax Investigator
Civil Servant
Website
Official website
Manuela Schwesig (German pronunciation:[manuˈeːlaˈʃʋeːzɪç];[1]néeFrenzel,[2] born 23 May 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 4 July 2017, becoming the first woman to serve in that post. Previously she served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the third cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2013 to 2017. On 20 October 2023, she was elected President of the Bundesrat. Her one-year term started on 1 November 2023.[3]
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^"Seelowerin im Kabinett". Märkische Onlinezeitung (in German). 16 December 2013.
^"Manuela Schwesig, Präsidentin des Bundesrates". Der Bundesrat (in German). 20 October 2023.
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