Tim Klüssendorf
{{Short description|German politician (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Expand German|topic=bio|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tim Klüssendorf
| image = Foto Tim Klüssendorf (cropped).jpg
| caption = Klüssendorf in 2021
| office = Secretary General of the
Social Democratic Party
| status =
| leader = Bärbel Bas
Lars Klingbeil
| term_start = May 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Matthias Miersch
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the Bundestag for Lübeck
| term_start1 = 2021
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Claudia Schmidtke
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|8|16}}
| birth_place = Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
| party = SPD
| nationality = German
| children =
| alma_mater = University of Hamburg
| occupation =
}}
Tim Klüssendorf (born 16 August 1991) is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag for Lübeck in the 2021 German federal election.{{Cite web|last=Pries|first=Oliver|date=2021-02-15|title=Assistent des Bürgermeisters: Tim Klüssendorf will für Lübeck in den Bundestag|url=https://www.wochenspiegel-online.de/index.php/2021/02/15/assistent-des-buergermeisters-tim-kluessendorf-will-fuer-luebeck-in-den-bundestag/|access-date=2021-10-30|website=Wochenspiegel Online|language=de-DE|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030165509/https://www.wochenspiegel-online.de/index.php/2021/02/15/assistent-des-buergermeisters-tim-kluessendorf-will-fuer-luebeck-in-den-bundestag/|url-status=dead}}
Early life
Political career
From 2013 until 2018, Klüssendorf was a member of the City Council of Lübeck.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/kluessendorf_tim-861362 Tim Klüssendorf] Bundestag.
Klüssendorf defeated Claudia Schmidtke in the 2021 German federal election. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Finance Committee.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/kluessendorf_tim-861362 Tim Klüssendorf] Bundestag.
Within his parliamentary group, Klüssendorf belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement;Sebastian Huld (21 October 2022), [https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Tim-Kluessendorf-SPD-spricht-im-Interview-ueber-Forderung-einer-Sonderabgabe-fuer-Reiche-article23508756.html SPD-Linke will Abgabe für Reiche: "Die hohen Vermögen müssen mehr beitragen"] n-tv. since 2024, he has been the Parliamentary Left's co-chair, alongside Matthias Miersch and Wiebke Esdar.Christian Teevs (17 February 2024), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/spd-linke-kaempfen-um-die-macht-a-cfae6baf-fa3f-4a9b-915c-0129b5cdc8dd Unruhe in der Kanzlerfraktion: SPD-Linke kämpfen um die Macht] Der Spiegel.Eckart Lohse (20 February 2024), [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/spd-linke-waehlt-sprecher-matthias-miersch-wiedergewaehlt-19533261.html SPD-Linke wählt ihre Sprecher: Matthias Miersch wiedergewählt] Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD 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.Katharina Seiler (13 March 2025), [https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Koalitionsverhandlungen-zwischen-Union-und-SPD-getartet,koalitionsverhandlungen352.html Koalitionsverhandlungen zwischen Union und SPD gestartet] Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
In May 2025, he became the SPD general secretary.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=Tim Klüssendorf: Parteilinker soll SPD-Generalsekretär werden |url=https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/spd-generalsekretaer-tim-kluessendorf-100.html |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=ZDFheute |language=de}}
Other activities
- VfB Lübeck, Member of the supervisory board (since 2021)[https://www.ln-online.de/Sportbuzzer/VfB-Luebeck/SPD-MdB-Tim-Kluessendorf-Kandidat-fuer-Aufsichtsrat-beim-VfB-Luebeck MdB Tim Klüssendorf kandidiert für den Aufsichtsrat des VfB Lübeck] Lübecker Nachrichten, 22 October 2021.
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
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Category:Politicians from Lübeck
Category:Members of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein
Category:Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Category:Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Category:Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029
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