Siemtje Möller (; born 20 July 1983) is a German teacher and politician of the

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(SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since the

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. In addition to her parliamentary work, Möller has been serving as

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in the Federal Ministry of Defence in the

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since 2021.

Political career

Möller became member of the Bundestag in the

2017 German federal election Federal elections were held in Germany on 24 September 2017 to elect the members of the 19th Bundestag. At stake were at least 598 seats in the Bundestag, as well as 111 overhang and leveling seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democr ...

, representing the Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund district. She served on the Defense Committee from 2018 until 2021, where she was her parliamentary group's spokesperson from 2020 until 2021. In addition to her committee assignments, she co-chairs the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Within her parliamentary group, Möller served as one of the three speakers of the Seeheim Circle (alongside Dirk Wiese and Dagmar Ziegler) from 2020 to 2022; she succeeded Johannes Kahrs in that position and was in turn followed by Marja-Liisa Völlers. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the SPD, the

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and the

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(FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Möller was part of her party's delegation in the working group on foreign policy, defence, development cooperation and human rights, co-chaired by Heiko Maas, Omid Nouripour and

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Other activities

* Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022) * German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF), Member of the Board (since 2022) *

Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship The Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship (german: Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, alternatively translated as "(Federal) Foundation for the Study of Communist Dictatorship in East Germany") is a governmen ...

, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) * German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Member of the Council (since 2022) * Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020) * Deutsche Maritime Akademie, Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board
Deutsche Maritime Akademie. * Education and Science Workers' Union (GEW), Member * IG Metall, Member

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Bundestag biography
1983 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub