Parliamentary Career:Parliamentary Career Parliamentary State Secretary, in the Ministry of FinanceIn office, 14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019Serving with Bettina HagedornChancellorAngela MerkelMinisterOlaf ScholzPreceded byJens SpahnSucceeded bySarah RyglewskiChief Whip of the, Social Democratic Party, in the BundestagIn office, 16 December 2013 – 13 October 2017LeaderThomas OppermannPreceded byThomas OppermannSucceeded byCarsten SchneiderDeputy Leader of the, Social Democratic Party, in the BundestagIn office, 4 December 2017 – 14 March 2018Serving with Sören Bartol, Eva Högl, Karl Lauterbach, Rolf Mützenich, Hubertus Heil, Katja Mast, Matthias Miersch, Achim PostLeader, Thomas Oppermann, , Andrea Nahles, Preceded by, Carola Reimann, , Carsten Schneider, , Ute Vogt, Succeeded by, Bärbel Bas, , Gabriela Heinrich, In office, 14 April 2011 – 22 October 2013Serving with Elke Ferner, Ulrich Kelber, Gernot Erler, Florian Pronold, Dagmar Ziegler, Hubertus Heil, Axel SchäferLeader, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Preceded byOlaf ScholzSucceeded byEva Högl, In office, 14 March 2018 – 27 June 2019Serving with Bettina Hagedorn, Angela Merkel, Olaf Scholz, Jens Spahn, Sarah Ryglewski, In office, 16 December 2013 – 13 October 2017, Thomas Oppermann, Thomas Oppermann, Carsten Schneider, In office, 4 December 2017 – 14 March 2018Serving with Sören Bartol, Eva Högl, Karl Lauterbach, Rolf Mützenich, Hubertus Heil, Katja Mast, Matthias Miersch, Achim Post, , Thomas Oppermann, , Andrea Nahles, , , Carola Reimann, , Carsten Schneider, , Ute Vogt, , , Bärbel Bas, , Gabriela Heinrich, , In office, 14 April 2011 – 22 October 2013Serving with Elke Ferner, Ulrich Kelber, Gernot Erler, Florian Pronold, Dagmar Ziegler, Hubertus Heil, Axel Schäfer, , Frank-Walter Steinmeier, , Olaf Scholz, Eva Högl
Bundestag constituencies:Bundestag constituencies Member of the Bundestag, for HesseIn office, 18 October 2005 – 26 October 2021Preceded byMulti-member districtSucceeded byMulti-member districtConstituencySocial Democratic Party ListIn office, 26 October 1998 – 18 October 2005Preceded byMichael MeisterSucceeded byMichael MeisterConstituencyBergstraße, In office, 18 October 2005 – 26 October 2021, Multi-member district, Multi-member district, Social Democratic Party List, In office, 26 October 1998 – 18 October 2005, Michael Meister, Michael Meister, Bergstraße