Tim Klüssendorf | |
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.jpg) Klüssendorf in 2025 | |
| Secretary General of the Social Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2025 | |
| Leader | Bärbel Bas Lars Klingbeil |
| Preceded by | Matthias Miersch |
| Member of theBundestag forLübeck | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Claudia Schmidtke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (age 34) Lübeck,Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Political party | SPD (since 2007) |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
Tim Klüssendorf (born 16 August 1991) is a German economist and politician of theSocial Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He has been serving as amember of the Bundestag since the2021 federal election, representingLübeck, and has been the General Secretary of the SPD since June 2025. Klüssendorf is associated with the party’sleft wing and served as a spokesperson for theParlamentarische Linke until 2025.
Klüssendorf was born inLübeck,Schleswig-Holstein, into a family of craftsmen.[1] After completing hisAbitur at the Ernestinenschule in 2011, and performing ayear of voluntary service with the Lübecker Jugendring, he studied at theUniversity of Hamburg. He earned a Bachelor of Science in economics in 2015, and a Master of Science in business administration in 2018.[2][3]
Klüssendorf joined the SPD in 2007, motivated by opposition toright-wing extremism in Lübeck. He served as chairperson of theJusos Lübeck from 2010 to 2012 and was elected to the City Council in 2013, serving until 2018.[4] During this time, he chaired the Youth Welfare Committee. From 2018 to 2021, Klüssendorf worked as a personal assistant to Lübeck Mayor Jan Lindenau.
In the2021 German federal election, Klüssendorf won theLübeck constituency, defeatingCDU incumbentClaudia Schmidtke.[5] He became a full member of the Finance Committee and a deputy member of the Digital Committee.[6]
He is considered part of the party’sleft wing and has served as a spokesperson for theParlamentarische Linke from 2024 to 2025.[7][8]
Klüssendorf was re-elected in the2025 federal election, again winning hisdirect mandate and remaining the only SPD candidate to secure a direct seat inSchleswig-Holstein.[9]
In the negotiations to form aGrand Coalition following the2025 German elections, Klüssendorf was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on public finances, led byMathias Middelberg,Florian Oßner andDennis Rohde.[10]
Following the SPD’s leadership restructuring in 2025, Klüssendorf was appointed interim General Secretary in May and was formally elected at the party’s federal congress on 27 June 2025 with over 90% of delegate votes.[11][12]
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