Dirk Wiese | |
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_01.jpg) Dirk Wiese in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1983-07-11)11 July 1983 (age 42) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | University of Münster |
Dirk Wiese (born 11 July 1983) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.
In addition to his parliamentary work, Wiese served as a Parliamentary State Secretary at theFederal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy under MinisterBrigitte Zypries, in thecoalition government ofChancellorAngela Merkel from 2017 until 2018. From 2018 until 2020, he was the German government's Coordinator for Inter-Societal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries at theFederal Foreign Office.[1]
From 2010 until 2013, Wiese worked as legislative advisor toFranz Müntefering.
Wiese became a member of the Bundestag in the2013 German federal election, representing theHochsauerlandkreis district.[2]
In parliament, Wiese has served as a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture (2014-2015, 2018–2020), the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection (2014-2017); the Subcommittee on the United Nations, International Organizations and Globalization (2014-2017); and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy (2015-2017).[3] Since 2014, he has been an alternate member of the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely theFederal Court of Justice (BGH), theFederal Administrative Court (BVerwG), theFederal Fiscal Court (BFH), theFederal Labour Court (BAG), and theFederal Social Court (BSG).
In addition to his committee assignments, Wiese has been chairing the German-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2018. He is also part of a cross-party group in support ofSchützenverein culture.[4]
Within his parliamentary group, Wiese served as one of the three speakers of theSeeheim Circle from 2018 to 2025.[5] From 2020 to 2025, he served as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairmanRolf Mützenich. Since 2023, he has also been leading the Bundestag group of SPD parliamentarians fromNorth Rhine-Westphalia, the largest delegation within the party’s parliamentary group, alongsideWiebke Esdar.[6]
Since the2025 elections, Wiese has been his parliamentary group'schief whip, under the leadership of chairmanMatthias Miersch.[7]
Amid theCOVID-19 pandemic in Germany, Wiese joined forces with six other parliamentarians –Heike Baehrens,Dagmar Schmidt,Janosch Dahmen,Till Steffen,Katrin Helling-Plahr andMarie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann – on a cross-party initiative in 2022 to support legislation that would have required all adults to be vaccinated.[9][10]
