Thomas Losse-Müller (born 3 April 1973) is a German politician. He is a member of 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 ...

and Leader of his Party in the

Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the ...

Career

Between 1992–1999, Losse-Müller studied

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at the University of Cologne. He went on to study

Development Economics Development economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural ...

at the

School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury ar ...

. From 2000 to 2004, Losse-Müller was an Assistant Vice President at

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. In 2004, he began working as a

Financial Economist Financial economics, also known as finance, is the branch of economics characterized by a "concentration on monetary activities", in which "money of one type or another is likely to appear on ''both sides'' of a trade". William F. Sharpe"Financia ...

for the

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, until he began working as a program director for the German Society for technical cooperation in 2008. In 2010, Losse-Müller went back to work at the World Bank as a Senior Financial Sector Expert. Before joining the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 2020, Losse-Müller was a member of

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

. He was a board member of the

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

between 2009 and 2012 and

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to the Committee on Economy and Finance for the

between 2011 and 2012. In 2012, Losse-Müller became State Secretary to the

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

Ministry of Finance upon being invited to Schleswig-Holstein by

Monika Heinold Monika Heinold (born 30 December 1958 in Gütersloh) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens and current Schleswig-Holstein Deputy Minister-President and Minister of Finance. Career Heinold grew up in Langenhorn, Hamburg, and began ...

. He went on to serve as Head of the State Chancellery of

between 2014 and 2017. Between 2017 and 2021 Losse-Müller worked at EY Parthenon, a

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based in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. In Fall of 2020, Losse-Müller became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was nominated lead candidate for the 2022 state election in

in August 2021. Losse-Müller was elected his Party's Leader in the

on 18 May 2022 and thus became

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

Personal life

Losse-Müller was born as son to two teachers in

Schwerte Schwerte ( Westphalian: ''Schweierte'') is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Schwerte is situated in the Ruhr valley, at the south-east border of the Ruhr Area. South of Schwerte begins the mountainous ...

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

. He is married and has two daughters.

References

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