Curriculum vitae
Personal details
- Born on 3 February 1982
Political career
- Since October 2021: Member of the German Parliament, constituency 150: Märkischer Kreis II
- Since 2025: Member of the Defence Committee
- Since 2025: Deputy Chair of the Defence Committee
- Since 2025: Member of the Sports Committee
- Since 2025: Sports policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
- Since 2025: Deputy member of the Foreign Affairs Committee
- Since 2025: Deputy member of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- 2022 to 2023: Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Since 2023: Deputy Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Since 2025: Deputy Member of the International Parliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy (IPC CFSP/CSDP)
- Since 2025: Deputy Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Political honorary positions
- 2008 to 2021: Member of Ludwigsfelde Town Council (Chair from 2015 to 2021)
- 2009 to 2018: Chair of the Ludwigsfelde SPD local association
- 2014 to 2019: Member of Teltow-Fläming District Council
- 2018 to 2021: Chair of the Teltow-Fläming SPD sub-district
Education and professional career
- 2001: Abitur (German university entrance qualification), followed by Bachelor of Science in Geographical Sciences at the Free University of Berlin, administrative specialist
- 2007 to 2011: State manager of the Jusos Brandenburg
- 2012 to 2013: Office manager for a member of the Bundestag
- 2013 to 2021: Part-time work for the Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe e.V. (Federal Association for Life Assistance)
- 2013 to 2021: Employee of the German Bundestag administration under Ulla Schmidt, Member of the Bundestag and Vice-President of the German Bundestag (2013 to 2017)
Honorary positions and memberships
- Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
- Förderkreis Deutsches Heer e.V.
- Trade unions ver.di & IG Metall
- Social Democratic Community for Local Politics e.V. (SGK)
- Since 2005: Member of the SPD
- Since 2022: Member of the Plettenberg-Grünetal 1924 e.V. shooting club
- Since 2022: Member of the parliamentary shooting club