11 Facts About Lars Klingbeil

Previously Klingbeil was the General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party from December 2017 to December 2021.

Lars Klingbeil 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, Lars Klingbeil was the Deputy Leader of the Jusos, the SPD youth wing.

Lars Klingbeil is a member of the Seeheim Circle, the more right-leaning faction of the SPD, which shares many similarities with Tony Blair's New Labour.

Whilst at university, Lars Klingbeil worked in the constituency offices of Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and Heino Wiese from 2001 until 2003.

From 24 January 2005 until 18 October 2005 Lars Klingbeil was a Member of the Bundestag following the resignation of Jann-Peter Janssen.

Furthermore, Lars Klingbeil was a member of the SPD leadership's International Commission from 2004 until 2007, and since 2006 he has been the deputy leader of the SPD in the Soltau-Falingbostel regional council.

Lars Klingbeil did manage to enter the Bundestag as a List MP for Lower Saxony.

Lars Klingbeil has been a member of the Defence Committee since 2009 as well as being a deputy member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Media.

Lars Klingbeil contested the same constituency at the 2021 German federal election.

Lars Klingbeil led the working group on digital policy, alongside Helge Braun and Dorothee Bar.