Lars Klingbeil

Lars Klingbeil

MdB
Klingbeil in 2025
Vice Chancellor of Germany
Assumed office
6 May 2025
ChancellorFriedrich Merz
Preceded byRobert Habeck
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
6 May 2025
ChancellorFriedrich Merz
Preceded byJörg Kukies
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Assumed office
11 December 2021
Serving with Saskia Esken
DeputyKlara Geywitz
Hubertus Heil
Thomas Kutschaty
Serpil Midyatli
Anke Rehlinger
General SecretaryKevin Kühnert
Matthias Miersch
Preceded byNorbert Walter-Borjans
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office
26 February 2025 – 6 May 2025
Preceded byRolf Mützenich
Succeeded byMatthias Miersch (designate)
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
In office
8 December 2017 – 11 December 2021
LeaderMartin Schulz
Andrea Nahles
Saskia Esken
Norbert Walter-Borjans
Preceded byHubertus Heil
Succeeded byKevin Kühnert
Member of the Bundestag
for Rotenburg I – Heidekreis
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Preceded byReinhard Grindel
In office
27 October 2009 – 24 October 2017
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyList
In office
24 January 2005 – 18 October 2005
Preceded byJann-Peter Janssen
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyList
Personal details
Born
Lars Klingbeil

(1978-02-23) 23 February 1978
Soltau, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany
Spouse(s)
Lena-Sophie Müller
​
(m. 2019)​
Alma materLeibniz University Hannover (AB, MA)

Lars Klingbeil (de; born 23 February 1978) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He has been the Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Finance since 2025.[1] He is the SPD's Co-Leader since 2021.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Germany's center-left leader will be finance minister in the Merz government". POLITICO. 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  2. ↑ "Personen". Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) (in German). Retrieved 9 February 2018.


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