Lars Klingbeil

Federal Minister of Finance and Vice-Chancellor

Berlin

Lars Klingbeil was appointed Federal Minister of Finance on 6 May 2025.
Born in Soltau, Germany on 23 February 1978.

Education and professional career
May 2025 – present Federal Minister of Finance, Vice-Chancellor
2021 – present Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
2017 – 2021 Secretary General of the SPD
2014 – 2018 Chair of the group of SPD Bundestag members from Lower Saxony and Bremen
2009 – 2017 Digital policy spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group SPD
2006 – 2018 Member of the Heidekreis district council
2005, 2009 – present Member of the German Bundestag
2001 – 2004 Fellow, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
1999 – 2004 Studied political science, sociology and history at Leibniz University Hannover (graduated with Magister degree)
1998 – 1999 Non-military national service at the Bahnhofsmission aid centre in the Hanover railway station
1998 Graduated from secondary school in Munster