Matthias Miersch

Matthias Miersch (born 19 December 1968 in Hannover) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Member of the German Parliament since 2005. His electoral district 42 covers parts of the region of Hannover. He focusses on environmental policy.[1]

Matthias Miersch
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born (1968-12-19) 19 December 1968
Hannover, West Germany
(now Germany)
CitizenshipGerman
Nationality Germany
Political partySPD
Alma materLeibniz University Hannover
OccupationLawyer

Since 2013, Miersch has been a member of the party's executive board under successive chairpersons Sigmar Gabriel (2013-2017), Martin Schulz (2017-2018), Andrea Nahles (2018-2019) and Rolf Mützenich (since 2019).

Political career

Miersch has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2005 national elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Between 2005 and 2009, he served on the Committee on Legal Affairs.

In addition, Miersch was a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board for Sustainable Development (2006-2009) and the Parliamentary Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (2014-2016). In 2014, he joined the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2013 federal elections, Miersch was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on the environment and agriculture, led by Katherina Reiche and Ute Vogt.

Within his parliamentary group, Miersch belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[2] He served as spokesperson on environmental policy between 2009 and 2013. In 2015, he was elected to the parliamentary group's executive board under the leadership of chairman Thomas Oppermann. Since 2017, he has been the group's deputy chairman, this time under the leadership of chairwoman Andrea Nahles.

In 2019, Miersch succeeded Stefan Schostok as chairman of the SPD in Hannover.[3]

Other activities

Personal life

Miersch is married with his partner.[6]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Members Parlamentarische Linke.
  3. Adam Nossiter (15 January 2019), Miersch soll Schostok-Nachfolger im SPD-Bezirk Hannover werden Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 11 May 2019.
  4. Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , press release of 7 June 2018.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 August 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Offizielle Website von Matthias Miersch

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