Olaf Scholz - Curriculum Vitae

Family Status  

Born on 14 June 1958 in Osnabrück, married to Britta Ernst, Whip/ Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Parliament of the City of Hamburg.

Biographical Data:
 

November 2009 Chairman of the Hamburg SPD 

November 2009 Vice Chairman of SPD 

October 2009 Vice Chairman of SPD parliamentary group

November 2007 to October 2009 Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

October 2005 to November 2007
Chief Whip/ First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group  

2002 to 2004 General Secretary of the SPD  

Since December 2001 Member of the SPD Executive Committee  

2000 to 2004 Chairman of the Hamburg SPD  

May 2001 to October 2001 Interior Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg  

1998 to May 2001 and since 2002
Member of the German Bundestag (directly elected in the constituency of Hamburg-Altona)  

1994 to 2000 Chairman of the SPD Altona  

1987 to 1989 Vice-President of the "International Union of Social Youth"  

1982 to 1988 Deputy Federal Chairman of the Young Socialists  

1975 joined the SPD  

Since 1985 Lawyer (currently not practising)  

Memberships: Trade Union Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten (Union of Workers in the Food and Catering Trades), Arbeiterwohlfahrt (National Association for Workers' Welfare), Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (Workers' Samaritan Federation Germany).