Klara Geywitz
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Geywitz in 2016
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| Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2021 |
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| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Horst Seehofer (as Minister of the Interior, Building and Community) |
| Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2019 Serving with Serpil Midyatli, Anke Rehlinger, Thomas Kutschaty, Hubertus Heil |
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| Leader | Saskia Esken Norbert Walter-Borjans Lars Klingbeil |
| Preceded by | Natascha Kohnen |
| General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party in Brandenburg | |
| In office 2 September 2013 – 1 November 2017 |
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| Leader | Dietmar Woidke |
| Preceded by | Klaus Ness |
| Succeeded by | Erik Stohn |
| Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg for Potsdam I |
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| In office 13 October 2004 – 25 September 2019 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert Knoblich |
| Succeeded by | Marie Schäffer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 February 1976 Potsdam, East Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1992–) |
| Residence | Potsdam |
| Alma mater | University of Potsdam |
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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 Landtag of Brandenburg from 2004 until 2019, and has been a Deputy Leader of the SPD since 2019.
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Early life and education
Geywitz was born 1976 in Potsdam in the former German Democratic Republic and studied political science at the University of Potsdam.
Political career
Geywitz became a member of the SPD in 1994.
From 2004 until 2019,[1] Geywitz was a member of the Landtag of Brandenburg. Among other committee assignments, she served on the Budget Committee from 2009 until 2014. She was always elected in First-past-the-post voting for her electoral district in Potsdam.[2] She was defeated in the 2019 state election by Greens candidate Marie Schäffer.
From 2008 until 2013, Geywitz served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Brandenburg, under the leadership of its chairman Matthias Platzeck.[3] From 2013 until 2017, she was the party's Secretary General, this time under chairman Dietmar Woidke.[4]
In the negotiations to form a fourth cabinet under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 elections, Geywitz was part of her party's delegation.
In the 2019 SPD leadership election, Geywitz announced her intention to run for the position as co-chair, together with incumbent Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz.[5] In the final voting round, member of the Bundestag Saskia Esken and former state finance minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Norbert Walter-Borjans won with 53 per cent of the vote, defeating Geywitz and Scholz who won backing from just 45 per cent of the party base.[6] At a SPD national convention in 2019, Geywitz was later elected as one of the five deputies of the party's co-chairs Esken and Walter-Borjans, alongside Hubertus Heil, Kevin Kühnert, Serpil Midyatli and Anke Rehlinger.[7]
Since 2020, Geywitz has been working for the Brandenburg Court of Audit.[8]
On 6 December 2021, it was announced that she will become Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the Scholz cabinet.[9] She took office two days later.
Other activities
Corporate boards
- Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft (DDVG), Member of the Supervisory Board[10]
Non-profit organizations
- Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Member of the Board[11]
- Leo Baeck Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[12]
Political positions
In 2020, following Thomas Oppermann’s death, Geywitz endorsed Dagmar Ziegler as his successor in the office of Vice-President of the German Bundestag.[13]
Personal life
Geywitz is married and has three children.[14]
References
- ↑ Marion Kaufmann (2 September 2019), Kandidatin für SPD-Vorsitz Klara Geywitz verliert ihren Wahlkreis Der Tagesspiegel.
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- ↑ Marion Kaufmann (20 August 2019), Wer ist Klara Geywitz? Eine Strategin für Olaf Scholz Der Tagesspiegel.
- ↑ Marion Kaufmann (20 August 2019), Wer ist Klara Geywitz? Eine Strategin für Olaf Scholz Der Tagesspiegel.
- ↑ Madeline Chambers (20 August 2019), Germany's Scholz picks eastern woman as running mate for SPD chair Reuters.
- ↑ Tobias Buck (30 November 2019), Blow to Merkel as leftwingers win SPD leadership Financial Times.
- ↑ SPD-Vizechefs: Kevin Kühnert bekommt mehr Stimmen als Hubertus Heil Der Spiegel, 6 December 2019.
- ↑ Benjamin Lassiwe (17 August 2020), Klara Geywitz jetzt beim Rechnungshof Potsdamer Neue Nachrichten.
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- ↑ Supervisory Board Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft (DDVG).
- ↑ Board Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
- ↑ Board of Trustees Leo Baeck Foundation.
- ↑ Markus Decker and Andreas Niesmann (14 November 2020), SPD streitet weiter um Oppermann-Nachfolge – mehrere Ostpolitiker für Ziegler RND.
- ↑ Marion Kaufmann (20 August 2019), Wer ist Klara Geywitz? Eine Strategin für Olaf Scholz Der Tagesspiegel.
