Thomas Jurk | |
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_by_Sandro_Halank%25E2%2580%25932.jpg) Thomas Jurk in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2013–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-06-19)19 June 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | SPD |
Thomas Jurk (born 19 June 1962) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofSaxony from 2013 until 2021.[1]
From 1990 until 2013, Jurk served as a member of theLandtag of the Free State of Saxony. He chaired the SPD parliamentary group from 1999 until 2004.
From 2004 until 2009, Jurk was the chairman of the SPD in Saxony. He also served as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government ofMinister-PresidentGeorg Milbradt of Saxony from 2004 until 2009.
Jurk became a member of the Bundestag in the2013 German federal election.[2] In parliament, he was a member of the Budget Committee,[3] where he was the SPD parliamentary group'srapporteur on theannual budget of theFederal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
In October 2020, Jurk announced that he would not stand in the2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[4]
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