Tim Klüssendorf

Tim Klüssendorf
Klüssendorf in 2025
Secretary General of the
Social Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 June 2025
LeaderBärbel Bas
Lars Klingbeil
Preceded byMatthias Miersch
Member of the Bundestag for Lübeck
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 September 2021
Preceded byClaudia Schmidtke
Personal details
Born (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Political partySPD (since 2007)
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg

Tim Klüssendorf (born 16 August 1991) is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 federal election, representing Lübeck, and has been the General Secretary of the SPD since June 2025. Klüssendorf is associated with the party’s left wing and served as a spokesperson for the Parlamentarische Linke until 2025.

Early life

Klüssendorf was born in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, into a family of craftsmen.[1] After completing his Abitur at the Ernestinenschule in 2011, and performing a year of voluntary service with the Lübecker Jugendring, he studied at the University of Hamburg. He earned a Bachelor of Science in economics in 2015, and a Master of Science in business administration in 2018.[2][3]

Political career

Klüssendorf joined the SPD in 2007, motivated by opposition to right-wing extremism in Lübeck. He served as chairperson of the Jusos Lübeck from 2010 to 2012 and was elected to the City Council in 2013, serving until 2018.[4] During this time, he chaired the Youth Welfare Committee. From 2018 to 2021, Klüssendorf worked as a personal assistant to Lübeck Mayor Jan Lindenau.

In the 2021 German federal election, Klüssendorf won the Lübeck constituency, defeating CDU incumbent Claudia Schmidtke.[5] He became a full member of the Finance Committee and a deputy member of the Digital Committee.[6]

He is considered part of the party’s left wing and has served as a spokesperson for the Parlamentarische Linke from 2024 to 2025.[7][8]

Klüssendorf was re-elected in the 2025 federal election, again winning his direct mandate and remaining the only SPD candidate to secure a direct seat in Schleswig-Holstein.[9]

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition following the 2025 German elections, Klüssendorf was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on public finances, led by Mathias Middelberg, Florian Oßner and Dennis Rohde.[10]

Following the SPD’s leadership restructuring in 2025, Klüssendorf was appointed interim General Secretary in May and was formally elected at the party’s federal congress on 27 June 2025 with over 90% of delegate votes.[11][12]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ Dordowsky, Kai (31 July 2025). "Tim Klüssendorf aus Lübeck: Das ist der künftige SPD-Generalsekretär". www.ln-online.de (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  2. ^ Ferdinand (14 August 2021). "Interview: Tim Klüssendorf, Bundestagskandidat, über Digitalisierung und freie Software". LinuxNews.de (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  3. ^ Tim Klüssendorf Bundestag.
  4. ^ Tim Klüssendorf Bundestag.
  5. ^ "SPD-Kandidat gewinnt Direktmandat in Lübeck". stern.de (in German). Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  6. ^ Tim Klüssendorf Bundestag.
  7. ^ Sebastian Huld (21 October 2022), SPD-Linke will Abgabe für Reiche: "Die hohen Vermögen müssen mehr beitragen" n-tv.
  8. ^ Eckart Lohse (20 February 2024), SPD-Linke wählt ihre Sprecher: Matthias Miersch wiedergewählt Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  9. ^ NDR.de. "Er zieht in den neuen Bundestag ein: Tim Klüssendorf (SPD) aus Lübeck". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  10. ^ Katharina Seiler (13 March 2025), Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD gestartet Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
  11. ^ "Tim Klüssendorf: Parteilinker soll SPD-Generalsekretär werden". ZDFheute (in German). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  12. ^ Sethe, Johanna; AFP; dpa (27 June 2025). "SPD-Parteitag: Tim Klüssendorf ist neuer Generalsekretär der SPD". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  13. ^ MdB Tim Klüssendorf kandidiert für den Aufsichtsrat des VfB Lübeck Lübecker Nachrichten, 22 October 2021.


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