Klara Geywitz

Klara Geywitz was born 1976 in Potsdam in the former German Democratic Republic. She studied political science at the University of Potsdam{{when|date=June 2022}}. In 1992, Geywitz became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.{{cn|date=June 2022}}

From 2004 until 2019, Geywitz was a member of the Landtag of Brandenburg.Marion Kaufmann (2 September 2019), [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/kandidatin-fuer-spd-vorsitz-klara-geywitz-verliert-ihren-wahlkreis/24966670.html Kandidatin für SPD-Vorsitz Klara Geywitz verliert ihren Wahlkreis] Der Tagesspiegel. Among other committee assignments, she served on the Budget Committee from 2009 until 2014. She was always elected in First-past-the-post voting for her electoral district in Potsdam,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lr-online.de/lausitz/cottbus/brandenburgs-ex-spd-generalin-klara-geywitz-naehert-sich-woidke-wieder-an_aid-23995363|title=Brandenburgs Ex-SPD-Generalin Klara Geywitz nähert sich Woidke wieder an}} until she was defeated in the 2019 state election by Greens candidate Marie Schäffer.

From 2008 until 2013, Geywitz served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Brandenburg, under the leadership of its chairman Matthias Platzeck.Marion Kaufmann (20 August 2019), [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/eine-strategin-fur-olaf-scholz-4093087.html Wer ist Klara Geywitz? Eine Strategin für Olaf Scholz] Der Tagesspiegel. From 2013 until 2017, she was the party's Secretary General, this time under chairman Dietmar Woidke.

In the negotiations to form a fourth cabinet under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 elections, Geywitz was part of her party's delegation.{{cn|date=June 2022}}

In the 2019 SPD leadership election, Geywitz announced that she would run as co-chair, together with incumbent Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz.Madeline Chambers (20 August 2019), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-spd/germanys-scholz-picks-eastern-woman-as-running-mate-for-spd-chair-idUSKCN1VA1FO Germany's Scholz picks eastern woman as running mate for SPD chair] Reuters. They were representative of the party establishment.{{Cite book |last=Langenbacher |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lpn0EAAAQBAJ&dq=Klara+Geywitz&pg=PA170 |title=Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary German Politics and Policy |date=2024-06-01 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-1-80539-547-8 |pages=170 |language=en}} Competing against five other candidate pairs, they narrowly won the first voting round,{{Cite book |last1=Aylott |first1=Nicholas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tuEJEAAAQBAJ&dq=Klara+Geywitz&pg=PA86 |title=Managing Leader Selection in European Political Parties |last2=Bolin |first2=Niklas |date=2020-11-18 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-55000-4 |pages=86 |language=en}} gaining 22 per cent of the vote.{{Cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Ross |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GHPpEAAAQBAJ&dq=Klara+Geywitz&pg=PA64 |title=The 2021 German Federal Election |last2=Davidson-Schmich |first2=Louise K. |date=2023-12-14 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-031-38930-6 |pages=64 |language=en}} In the final voting round, she and Scholz were defeated winning 45 per cent of the party base, while Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans won with 53 per cent of the vote,Tobias Buck (30 November 2019), [https://www.ft.com/content/55c0cc4c-139a-11ea-8d73-6303645ac406 Blow to Merkel as leftwingers win SPD leadership] Financial Times. drawing support from the youth of the organisation.{{Cite book |last1=Haller |first1=André |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2ZXEAAAQBAJ&dq=Klara+Geywitz&pg=PA31 |title=Scandology 3: Scandals in New Media |last2=Michael |first2=Hendrik |last3=Seeber |first3=Lucas |date=2022-01-01 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-85013-5 |pages=31 |language=en}}

At a SPD national convention in 2019, Geywitz was later elected as one of the five deputies of the party's co-chairs Esken and Walter-Borjans.[https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/spd-kevin-kuehnert-bekommt-die-meisten-stimmen-a-1300152.html SPD-Vizechefs: Kevin Kühnert bekommt mehr Stimmen als Hubertus Heil] Der Spiegel, 6 December 2019. in December 2021, she was re-elected at the SPD national convention .{{Cite web |last=tagesschau.de |title=Esken und Klingbeil SPD-Chefs - Kühnert neuer Generalsekretär |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/spd-vorsitzende-wahl-101.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=tagesschau.de |language=de}}

Since 2020, Geywitz has been working for the Brandenburg Court of Audit.Benjamin Lassiwe (17 August 2020), [https://www.pnn.de/brandenburg/sie-kandidierte-fuer-spd-vorsitz-klara-geywitz-jetzt-beim-rechnungshof/26101124.html Klara Geywitz jetzt beim Rechnungshof] Potsdamer Neue Nachrichten.

On 6 December 2021, Geywitz was announced as Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the Scholz cabinet.{{Cite web|last=Stroh|first=Kassian|date=6 December 2021|title=Lauterbach wird Gesundheitsminister, Scholz benennt SPD-Minister|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bundesregierung-lauterbach-gesundheitsminister-scholz-kabinett-spd-minister-1.5481021|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Süddeutsche.de|language=de}}

In October 2023, Geywitz participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-france-hold-unprecedented-cabinet-retreat-oil-creaky-eu-motor-2023-10-09/ Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor] Reuters.[https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/deutsch-franzoesisches-kabinett-2023-2228354 Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert] Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.

• Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft (DDVG), Member of the Supervisory Board[http://www.ddvg.de/wirueberuns/geschaeftsfuehrer-gesell-schafter-und-aufsichtsrat/ Supervisory Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202092613/http://www.ddvg.de/wirueberuns/geschaeftsfuehrer-gesell-schafter-und-aufsichtsrat/ |date=2 February 2014 }} Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft (DDVG).

• German Poland Institute (DPI), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[https://www.deutsches-polen-institut.de/institut/verein/ Board of Trustees] German Poland Institute (DPI).
• Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, Member of the Board[http://fwpn.org.pl/en/foundation/management-board Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813134436/https://fwpn.org.pl/en/foundation/management-board |date=13 August 2020 }} Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
• Leo Baeck Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.leo-baeck-foundation.org/en/board-of-trustees/ Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208005623/https://www.leo-baeck-foundation.org/en/board-of-trustees/ |date=8 December 2020 }} Leo Baeck Foundation.

In 2020, following Thomas Oppermann’s death, Geywitz endorsed Dagmar Ziegler as his successor in the office of Vice-President of the German Bundestag.Markus Decker and Andreas Niesmann (14 November 2020), [https://www.rnd.de/politik/spd-streitet-weiter-um-oppermann-nachfolge-mehrere-ost-politiker-fur-ziegler-NJ34L7LN35DXRGU7OFNZFO6PQY.html SPD streitet weiter um Oppermann-Nachfolge – mehrere Ostpolitiker für Ziegler] RND.

Geywitz is married and has three children.

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