Thomas Oppermann

Thomas Oppermann
Oppermann in 2020
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the SPD-group)
In office 24 October 2017 – 25 October 2020
Preceded by	Edelgard Bulmahn
Succeeded by	Dagmar Ziegler
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office 16 December 2013 – 27 September 2017
Chief Whip	Christine Lambrecht
Preceded by	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Succeeded by	Andrea Nahles
Chief Whip of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office 21 November 2007 – 16 December 2013
Leader	Peter Struck Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Preceded by	Olaf Scholz
Succeeded by	Christine Lambrecht
Member of the Bundestag for Göttingen
In office 18 September 2005 – 25 October 2020
Preceded by	Inge Wettig-Danielmeier
Succeeded by	vacant [1]
Personal details
Born	Thomas Ludwig Albert Oppermann (1954-04-27)27 April 1954[2] Freckenhorst, West Germany
Died	25 October 2020(2020-10-25) (aged 66) Göttingen, Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Tübingen University of Göttingen

Thomas Ludwig Albert Oppermann^[3] (27 April 1954 – 25 October 2020) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). From October 2017 until his death he served as Vice President of the Bundestag. In his earlier career, he served as First Secretary (2007–2013) and later as chairman (2013–2017) of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag.

Oppermann belonged to the right wing of the SPD, known as Seeheimer Kreis.^[4]