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 ( , SPD ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together w ...

and former Leader of his Party in the

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Career

Between 1992 and 1999, Losse-Müller studied

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at the University of Cologne. He went on to study

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at the

School of Oriental and African Studies The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) 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 area ...

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

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. In 2004, he began working as a

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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

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. He was a board member of the

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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 (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

Ministry of Finance upon being invited to Schleswig-Holstein by

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

. 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

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. 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

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. On 6 December 2023, Losse-Müller announced his resignation as Leader of the

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in the

. He was succeeded by

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 Opposi ...

, who is also his Predecessor.

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 mountain ...

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. He is married and has two daughters.

References

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