Dirk Wiese (born 11 July 1983) is a German politician of the

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(SPD) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

since 2013. In addition to his parliamentary work, Wiese served as a Parliamentary State Secretary at the

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under Minister

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, in the coalition government of Chancellor

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from 2017 until 2018. From 2018 until 2020, he was the German government's Coordinator for Inter-Societal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries at the

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Early career

From 2010 until 2013, Wiese worked as legislative advisor to

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Political career

Wiese became a member of the Bundestag in the

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, representing the

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district. In parliament, Wiese has served as a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture (2014-2015, 2018–2020), the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (2014-2017); the Subcommittee on the United Nations, International Organizations and Globalization (2014-2017); and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy (2015-2017). Since 2014, he has been an alternate member of the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the

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(BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the

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(BFH), the

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(BAG), and the

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(BSG). In addition to his committee assignments, Wiese has been chairing the German-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2018. He is also part of a cross-party group in support of Schützenverein culture. Within his parliamentary group, Wiese has been serving as one of the three speakers of the Seeheim Circle since 2018. Since 2020, he has been serving as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairman

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. Since 2023, he has also been leading the Bundestag group of SPD parliamentarians from

, the largest delegation within the party’s parliamentary group, alongside Wiebke Esdar.

Other activities

* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020) * German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ), Member (since 2020) * Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020) *

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(FNR), Member of the advisory board (2018-2020)

Political positions

Amid the

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, Wiese joined forces with six other parliamentarians – Heike Baehrens,

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, Janosch Dahmen,

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, Katrin Helling-Plahr and

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann ( Jahn, born 10 March 1958) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017. Early life and career S ...

– on a cross-party initiative in 2022 to support legislation that would have required all adults to be vaccinated.Riham Alkousaa (26 January 2022)
German lawmakers debate compulsory COVID shots as infections surge
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References

External links

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Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiese, Dirk 1983 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany