Sonja Eichwede | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Eichwede in 2021 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Dietlind Tiemann |
| Constituency | Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (age 38) Bremen, Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen |
Sonja Katharina Eichwede (born 25 October 1987) is a Germanlawyer andpolitician representing theSocial Democratic Party of Germany. She was elected to theBundestag in the2021 German federal election.[1]
Eichwede was born inBremen. She studied and passed theAbitur school leavers' exam atKippenberg-Gymnasium [de] in Bremen in 2007. After graduating, she studiedJurisprudence at theUniversity of Tübingen, graduating in 2013. As part of her studies, she completed anErasmus exchange inOslo in 2010. In 2013, Eichwede passed the firstGerman state examination in law, and following this worked as a trainee lawyer at theLandgericht Bremen until 2015.[2]
Eichwede stood as a candidate in the 2021 federal elections for theBrandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I constituency inBrandenburg. She won a direct mandate with 32.1% of first preference votes, beatingChristian Democratic Union candidateDietlind Tiemann, among others.[3]
In parliament, Eichwede has since been serving on the Committee on the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure. She also served on the Committee on the Election of Judges (Wahlausschuss), which is in charge of appointing judges to theFederal Constitutional Court of Germany, and on 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).[4] From 2021 to 2025, she was her parliamentary group’s spokesperson for legal affairs.[5]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition under the leadership ofFriedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the BavarianCSU) and the SPD following the2025 German elections, Eichwede led the SPD delegation in the working group on government reform and cuttingred tape; her counterparts from the other parties werePhilipp Amthor andDaniela Ludwig.[6]
Since 2025, Eichwede has been serving as deputy chair of her parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairmanMatthias Miersch. In this capacity, she oversees the group’s legislative activities on legal affairs, consumer protection, petitions and sports.[7] Also since 2025, she has been part of theParliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence servicesBND,BfV andMAD.[8]
In 2023, Eichwede gave birth to a son.[9] She is anevangelical Christian.[10]
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