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Martin Dulig (born 26 February 1974) is a German politician for the

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

(SPD). Until 20 December 2019 he has been the

Saxon The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...

State Minister of Labor and Traffic and Deputy Minister President of Saxony in the governments of

Stanislaw Tillich Stanislaw Tillich (; hsb, Stanisław Tilich; born 10 April 1959) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU. He served as the 3rd Minister-President, Minister President of Saxony from 2008 to 2017. From 1 November ...

III and

Michael Kretschmer Michael Kretschmer (born 7 May 1975) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as Minister President of Saxony since 13 December 2017. Since 2022, he has been one of four deputy chairs of the CDU, under ...

. On 20 December 2019,

appointed a new cabinet, with Dulig continuing his role as State Minister for Economy, which he has held since 13 November 2014, in the governments of

III and

and he was appointed Second Deputy Minister of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

Life and politics

Dulig was born 1974 in

Plauen Plauen (; Czech language, Czech: ''Plavno'') is, with around 65,000 inhabitants, the fifth-largest city of Saxony, Germany after Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau, the second-largest city of the Vogtland after Gera, as well as the larges ...

and became member of the SPD in 1992. Since the 2004 state elections Dulig has been a member of the

Landtag of the Free State of Saxony The Landtag of Saxony (german: Sächsischer Landtag), also known in English as the Saxon State Parliament, is the legislature of the Free State of Saxony, one of Germany's sixteen states. It is responsible for legislation, control of the gover ...

, the

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. He became chairman of the SPD in the federal state of Saxony in 2014. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of

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Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Oppo ...

's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the SPD following the 2013 federal elections, Dulig was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on families, women and equality, led by Annette Widmann-Mauz and

Manuela Schwesig Manuela Schwesig (' Frenzel, born 23 May 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 4 July 2017. She is the first woman to serve as head of government of this state. P ...

. Dulig co-chaired the SPD's national conventions in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

(2013) and Berlin (2014, 2019). In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the SPD, the

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and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Dulig was part of his party's delegation in the working group on

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, co-chaired by

Dagmar Schmidt Dagmar Schmidt (born 13 March 1973) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2013. Early life and education Schmidt was born in Gießen to polit ...

, Sven Lehmann and Johannes Vogel.

Other activities

Regulatory bodies

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Ex-Officio Member of the Advisory Board (since 2014)

Corporate boards

Leipzig Trade Fair The Leipzig Trade Fair (german: Leipziger Messe) is a major trade fair, which traces its roots back for nearly a millennium. After the Second World War, Leipzig fell within the territory of East Germany, whereupon the Leipzig Trade Fair became o ...

, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 2017) * Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2014) *

Development Bank of Saxony The Development Bank of Saxony (known as SAB from the German name ''Sächsische Aufbaubank'') was founded in 1991 and is the state development institution for the state of Saxony, Germany. Activities The Development Bank of Saxony allocates s ...

(SAB), Ex-Officio Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 2014)

Non-profit organizations

* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums
Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020. * Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, Member of the Board of Trustees

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dulig, Martin 1974 births Living people People from Plauen People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Ministers of the Saxony State Government Members of the Landtag of Saxony