Hubertus Heil

Hubertus Heil MdB
Heil in 2020
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2018
Chancellor	Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Katarina Barley (acting)
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2019 Serving with Serpil Midyatli, Anke Rehlinger, Klara Geywitz, Kevin Kühnert
Leader	Saskia Esken Norbert Walter-Borjans
Preceded by	Manuela Schwesig
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
In office 2 June 2017 – 8 December 2017 Acting
Leader	Martin Schulz
Preceded by	Katarina Barley
Succeeded by	Lars Klingbeil
In office 15 November 2005 – 13 November 2009
Leader	Franz Müntefering Matthias Platzeck Kurt Beck Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Acting)
Preceded by	Klaus Uwe Benneter
Succeeded by	Andrea Nahles
Member of the Bundestag for Gifhorn – Peine
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 September 1998
Preceded by	Engelbert Nelle
Personal details
Born	Wolfgang-Hubertus Heil (1972-11-03) 3 November 1972 (age 51) Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany (present-day Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Potsdam University of Hagen
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Wolfgang-Hubertus Heil (born 3 November 1972) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the first cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 14 March 2018.^[1]

In 2005, Heil became general secretary of the SPD. In September 2009, after immense losses for the SPD during the German federal election, Heil announced his resignation from this position for November.^[2] Andrea Nahles succeeded him as general secretary in November 2009. After Katarina Barley's appointment as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, he briefly returned to the office from 2 June to 8 December 2017.