Education and professional career
Born in Munich, Germany on 3 July 1977
| May 2025–present | Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance |
| 2021–2025 | Fiscal policy spokesperson for the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), spokesperson for and member of the finance committee, alternate member of the committee for the environment, nature conservation, nuclear safety and consumer protection, member of the German-Irish and German-Italian parliamentary friendship groups |
| 2017–2021 | Member of the finance committee, member of the committee for the environment, nature conservation, nuclear safety and consumer protection, member of the German-Irish parliamentary friendship group |
| 2017-present | Member of the German Bundestag |
| 2014–2015 | City councillor in Olching |
| 2010–2021 | Former SPD leader in the Fürstenfeldbruck district |
| 2008–2017 | Secondary school teacher (subjects: German, history and social science) |
| 2003–2012 | Local authority councillor in Gröbenzell |
| 2002–2008 | Study towards secondary school teaching degree, University of Munich |
| 2000–2002 | Munich higher vocational school (concentration: social services), higher education entrance qualification |
| 1999–2000 | Non-military national service with the Malteser aid agency |
| 1996–1999 | Training as wholesaler and import/export merchant |
Memberships
- Social Democratic Party (SPD) – 1997–present
- Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (German Education Union)
- Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Workers’ Welfare Association)
- TSV 1860 München football club