Name Matthias Miersch | Role German Politician | |
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Party Social Democratic Party of Germany Similar People Maria Flachsbarth, Caren Marks, Edelgard Bulmahn | ||
Bundestagswahl: Matthias Miersch zum Wahlergebnis der SPD am 27.09.17
Matthias Miersch (born 19 December 1968 in Hanover) is a German politician and member of German social democratic party (SPD) in the German parliament Bundestag. His electoral district 42 covers parts of the region of Hanover. He focusses on environmental policy.
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- Bundestagswahl Matthias Miersch zum Wahlergebnis der SPD am 270917
- Political career
- Other activities
- References
Since 2013, Miersch has been a member of the party’s executive board under successive chairmen Sigmar Gabriel (2013-2017) and Martin Schulz (since 2017).
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).
Within his parliamentary group, Miersch belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement. 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.