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Elisabeth Kaiser

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Elisabeth Kaiser
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 38)
Gera, East Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySPD
Alma mater

Elisabeth Kaiser (née Lier, born 4 March 1987) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017.[1]

In addition to her parliamentary work, Kaiser has been as Parliamentary State Secretary for East Germany and Equivalent Living Conditions at the Federal Ministry of Finance in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.[2] She was previously a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2023 to 2025.[3]

Early career

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During her studies, Kaiser worked at Telefónica Germany from 2011 until 2012.[4] She later worked at the German Society for Policy Advice (2013–2014) and as press spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group in the State Parliament of Thuringia (2014–2017).

Political career

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Kaiser became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing the Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land district.[5] She is a member of the Committee for Home Affairs and the Committee for Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Communities.[6][7]

In addition to her committee assignments, Kaiser has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019.

Other activities

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References

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  1. ^ "Elisabeth Kaiser | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ^ "SPD stellt Minister vor: Bärbel Bas soll Arbeitsministerin werden, Stefanie Hubig übernimmt Justiz". Der Spiegel (in German). 5 May 2025. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  3. ^ Sabine Schicketanz (25 April 2023), Bundesministerin Geywitz entscheidet: Elisabeth Kaiser wird neue Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin Der Tagesspiegel.
  4. ^ Elisabeth Kaiser Bundestag.
  5. ^ "Elisabeth Kaiser, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  7. ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on Building, Housing, Urban Development and Local Government". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  8. ^ Steffi Lemke beruft neue Mitglieder in das Kuratorium der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, press release of 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ Board of Trusteees German Foundation for Active Citizenship and Volunteering (DSEE).
  10. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , press release of July 1, 2020.
  11. ^ Board of Trustees Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB).
  12. ^ Elisabeth Kaiser Bundestag.
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