Lars Klingbeil
Lars Klingbeil | |
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Klingbeil in 2025 | |
| Vice Chancellor of Germany | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Robert Habeck |
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Jörg Kukies |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 11 December 2021 Serving with Saskia Esken (2021–2025) and Bärbel Bas (since 2025) | |
| Deputy | Petra Köpping Serpil Midyatli Achim Post Anke Rehlinger Alexander Schweitzer |
| General Secretary | Kevin Kühnert Matthias Miersch Tim Klüssendorf |
| Preceded by | Norbert Walter-Borjans |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag | |
| In office 26 February 2025 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rolf Mützenich |
| Succeeded by | Matthias Miersch |
| General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
| In office 8 December 2017 – 11 December 2021 | |
| Leader | Martin Schulz Andrea Nahles Saskia Esken Norbert Walter-Borjans |
| Preceded by | Hubertus Heil |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Kühnert |
| Member of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Reinhard Grindel |
| Constituency | Rotenburg I – Heidekreis |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | See list |
| In office 24 January 2005 – 18 October 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Jann-Peter Janssen |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | See list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 February 1978 |
| Party | Social Democratic |
| Spouse |
Lena-Sophie Müller (m. 2019) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Leibniz University Hannover (AB, MA) |
Lars Klingbeil (German: [ˈlaʁs ˈklɪŋbaɪl]; born 23 February 1978) is a German politician who has been serving as the Vice Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister of Finance since 6 May 2025. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he has served as the SPD's Co-leader since 2021, together with Saskia Esken (2021–2025) and Bärbel Bas (since 2025).
Klingbeil was the General Secretary of the SPD from December 2017 to December 2021. Since 2001 he has been a member of the City Council of Munster and a member of the District Council of Heide. He was a Member of the Bundestag for about nine months in 2005, and has been a member again since the 2009 Federal Election. From 2003 till 2007, Klingbeil was the Deputy Leader of the Jusos, SPD's youth wing. Klingbeil is a member of the Seeheim Circle, the more economically right-leaning faction of the SPD.