SPD Party Executive Committee

Governing body of the Social Democratic Party of Germany

Party Executive Committee
of the SPDSPD-Partivorstand

Headquarters| Willy-Brandt-Haus D-10911 Berlin

Parent organisation

| Social Democratic Party
of Germany
Website| Unser Parteivorstand

The Party Executive Committee (German: Parteivorstand)[note 1] is the governing body of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The executive is responsible for implementing resolutions of the Party Diet of the SPD, as well as managing the party, and organising party diets.[1][2] It is also responsible for electing the Party Presidium from its numbers.[2]

The body consists of the SPD co-leaders, Deputy Party Leaders, the General Secretary, the Party Treasurer and the party's spokesperson for EU affairs, as well as additional elected members.[2]

From 1950, the seat of the party executive and the party's federal headquarters was a temporary building in Bonn, also known as the "Baracke", which was replaced by the Erich-Ollenhauer-Haus in 1975.[3] In 1999, the party executive moved its headquarters to the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin.[4]

## Composition

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According to the 2024 edition of the SPD's constitution, the Party Executive Committee is made up of:[2]

* the Leader of the SPD (or co-leaders),
* the five Deputy Leaders of the SPD,
* the General Secretary of the SPD,
* the party Treasurer,
* the party's spokesperson for EU affairs, and
* a number of additional members elected by internal list elections

Additionally, the chairperson of the SPD's Control Commission sits on the committee in an advisory capacity.

The committee is forbidden by the SPD's constitution from exceeding 34 members.[2]

## Current members

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Diagram of the Organisational structure of the Social Democratic Party (in German)

Since the 2023 SPD Party Diet, the current members of the executive committee are:[1]

Leaders of the SPD

* Saskia Esken
* Lars Klingbeil

Deputy Leaders of the SPD

* Klara Geywitz
* Hubertus Heil
* Achim Post
* Serpil Midyatli
* Anke Rehlinger

General Secretary

* Kevin Kühnert

Party Treasurer

* Dietmar Nietan

EU Spokesperson

* Katarina Barley

Presidium member

* Katja Pähle

Additional committee members

* Boris Pistorius
* Sebastian Roloff
* Jessica Rosenthal
* Sarah Ryglewski
* Dagmar Schmitt
* Svenja Schulze
* Alexander Schweitzer
* Andreas Stoch
* Ibrahim Yetim
* Bärbel Bas
* Andreas Bovenschulte
* Anke Rehlinger
* Alexander Scheitzer
* Manuela Schwesig
* Peter Tschentscher
* Stephan Weil
* Dietmar Woidke

## References

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1. ^ a b "Unser Parteivorstand" [Our Party Executive Committee]. Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
2. ^ a b c d e "Organisationsstatut 2024" [2024 Organisational Statute] (PDF). Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (in German). pp. 31–33.
3. ^ "Erich-Ollenhauer-Haus – Weg der Demokratie" [Ollenhauer-Haus – The path of democracy]. www.wegderdemokratie.de. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
4. ^ "SPD Parteizentrale" [SPD party executive committee]. www.willy-brandt-haus.de. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

## Footnotes

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1. ^ More commonly translated into English as just Executive Committee or Party Executive, sometimes with a "Federal" or "National" prefixed to distinguish from State Party governing bodies

## See also

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* Federal Board of the CDU
* NEC of the UK Labour Party

## Further reading

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* Reschke, Michael; Dahm, Jochen; Krell, Christian; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, eds. (2013). History of social democracy (PDF) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. ISBN 978-3-86498-626-0. Retrieved 8 August 2024 - via library.fes.de.
* Scarrow, Susan E. (21 March 1996). "Parties and Their Members: Organizing for Victory in Britain and Germany". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

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President of Germany|

| Weimar Republic
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* Friedrich Ebert

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Federal Republic
(1949–present)|

* Gustav Heinemann
* Johannes Rau
* Jens Böhrnsen (Acting)
* Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Chancellor of Germany|

| Weimar Republic
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* Friedrich Ebert (de facto)
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* Gustav Bauer
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Federal Republic
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* Willy Brandt
* Helmut Schmidt
* Gerhard Schröder
* Olaf Scholz

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(since 1946)|

* Kurt Schumacher
* Erich Ollenhauer
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* Hans-Jochen Vogel
* Björn Engholm
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* Thomas Oppermann
* Andrea Nahles
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General Secretaries
(since 1999)|

* Franz Müntefering
* Olaf Scholz
* Klaus Uwe Benneter
* Hubertus Heil
* Andrea Nahles
* Yasmin Fahimi
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* Kevin Kühnert

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