The Party Executive Committee () is the governing body of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The executive is responsible for implementing resolutions of the Party Diet of the SPD, as well as managing the party, and organising party diets. It is also responsible for electing the Party

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from its numbers. The body consists of the SPD co-leaders, Deputy Party Leaders, the

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, the Party

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and the party's spokesperson for EU affairs, as well as additional elected members. From 1950, the seat of the party executive and the party's federal headquarters was a temporary building in Bonn, also known as the "Baracke", which was replaced by the Erich-Ollenhauer-Haus in 1975. In 1999, the party executive moved its headquarters to the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin.

Composition

According to the 2024 edition of the SPD's constitution, the Party Executive Committee is made up of: * the Leader of the SPD (or co-leaders), * the five Deputy Leaders of the SPD, * the

of the SPD, * the party

, * the party's spokesperson for EU affairs, and * a number of additional members elected by internal list elections Additionally, the chairperson of the SPD's

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sits on the committee in an advisory capacity. The committee is forbidden by the SPD's constitution from exceeding 34 members.

Current members

Since the 2023 SPD Party Diet, the current members of the executive committee are: Leaders of the SPD *

Saskia Esken Saskia Christina Esken (' Hofer; born 28 August 1961) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as co-leader of the party since being elected in December 2019 (alongside Norbert Walter-Borjans ...

Lars Klingbeil Lars Klingbeil (born 23 February 1978) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as the party's Co-Leader since 2021, together with Saskia Esken. Klingbeil previously was the General Secretary of the Social Demo ...

Deputy Leaders of the SPD *

Klara Geywitz Klara Geywitz (born 18 February 1976) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) serving as Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the Scholz cabinet since 2021. She served as member of the ...

Hubertus Heil Hubertus Heil (born 3 November 1972) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the first c ...

Achim Post Achim Post (born 2 May 1959) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013. Political career Post became a member of the Bundes ...

Serpil Midyatli Serpil Midyatli (born 8 August 1975) is a German politician who has been serving as deputy leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and chairwoman of the SPD in Schleswig-Holstein since 2019. She has been the Leader of the Opposit ...

Anke Rehlinger Anke Gabriele Rehlinger (''né'' Moos; born 6 April 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as the Minister-President of Saarland since 25 April 2022. After her party won the 2022 state elect ...

General Secretary *

Kevin Kühnert Kevin Kühnert (born 1 July 1989) is a German politician and the General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing Berlin-Tempelhof-Schöneb ...

Party Treasurer *

Dietmar Nietan Dietmar Heinrich Nietan (born 25 May 1964) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1998 till 2002 and since 2005. In addition to h ...

EU Spokesperson *

Katarina Barley Katarina Barley (born 19 November 1968) is a German politician and lawyer who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, serving as one of its Vice-Presidents. She served as Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in t ...

Presidium member *

Katja Pähle Katja Pähle (born 27 June 1977) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2016, she has served as chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. She has also been deputy leader of the party's s ...

Additional committee members

Composition

Current members

References

Footnotes

See also

Further reading