Achim Post | |
|---|---|
 Post in 2018 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2013–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-05-02)2 May 1959 (age 66) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Bielefeld |
Achim Post (born 2 May 1959) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from 2013 to 2025.[1] Since 2023 he has been the co-chairman of his NRW state association within the SPD.
Post became a member of the Bundestag in the2013 German federal election.[2] In parliament, he was a member of the Joint Committee.[3]
From 2015 to 2023, Post led the Bundestag group of SPD parliamentarians fromNorth Rhine-Westphalia, the largest delegation within the party’s parliamentary group.[4] From 2017, he served as one his parliamentary group's chairpersons, under the leadership of successive chairsAndrea Nahles (2017–2018) andRolf Mützenich (2018–2025).
In addition to his committee assignments, Post was part of the German-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of the SPD, theGreen Party and theFree Democratic Party (FDP) following the2021 federal elections, Post was part of his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and thenational budget, co-chaired byDoris Ahnen,Lisa Paus andChristian Dürr.[5]
In September 2024, Post announced that he would not stand in the2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[6]
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