Michael Gerdes | |
|---|---|
 Michael Gerdes in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2009–2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-05-23)23 May 1960 (age 65) |
| Political party | SPD |
Michael Gerdes (born 23 May 1960) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 to 2025.[1]
Gerdes joined the SPD in 1976 and later became a board member of the local SPD branch in Boverheide. He has been a member of the Bottrop city council since 1994. There he became deputy chairman of his parliamentary group and chairman of the sports and pools committee.[2] He is also a member of the regional council of the Münster administrative district. Until 2017 he was also sub-district chairman of the SPD Bottrop.[3]
Gerdes first became a member of the Bundestag after the2009 German federal election.[4] From 2009 he was a directly elected member of the Bundestag for constituency 125 (Bottrop, Gladbeck and Dorsten) and was re-elected to the Bundestag in 2013, 2017 and 2021.[5]
In parliament, Gerdes served as a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs.[6]
In early 2024, Gerdes announced that he would not stand in the2025 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[7]
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