Hubertus Heil has been a directly elected Member of the German Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1998 and currently serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Within his parliamentary group, he acts as rapporteur for trade and technology policy.
Prior to this, he served as Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs for two legislatures. From 2005 to 2009 and again from June to December 2017, he held the position of SPD General Secretary.
Episode 133: The SPD and Its Foreign Policy Challenges
The center-left Social Democrats are the junior coalition partner in Friedrich Merz’s government, but they hold two of the most important portfolios for implementing Germany’s security policy revolution known as …
