Elisabeth Kaiser, Member of the German Bundestag

Minister of State, Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany

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Born in Gera, Germany on 4 March 1987

May 2025–present	Minister of State, Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany
June 2024–March 2025	Member of the Gera city council
April 2023–May 2025	Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building
2021–2023	Deputy domestic policy spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group in the Bundestag
2018–present	SPD leader for the Gera district
2017–2023	Deputy chair of the group of SPD Bundestag members from the eastern Länder
2017–present	Spokesperson for the group of SPD Bundestag members from Thuringia
2017–present	Member of the German Bundestag
2014–2017	Spokesperson for the SPD parliamentary group in the Thuringia state parliament
2013–2014	Office director, German Society for Policy Advice (de’ge’pol)
2012–2013	Junior consultant, Partake GmbH
2012	Master’s degree in political and administrative sciences from Potsdam University
2008	Bachelor’s degree in governance and public policy from Erfurt University
2005	Graduated from secondary school (Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium) in Gera

Federal Agency for Technical Relief, Gera branch
Naturfreunde Gera e.V. (Naturefriends)
Landesvereinigung Kulturelle Jugendbildung Thüringen e.V. (Cultural Education for Young People, Thuringia branch)
Friends of the Lindenau Museum, Altenburg
Friends of the Vogtland Philharmonic, Greiz
Bürgerenergie Gera e.G. (renewable and decentralised energy solutions)
ver.di trade union (United Services Union)
Netzwerk für Demokratie und Courage e.V.
Sponsor, FACKtory – die Zukunftsfabrik e. V.
German Association for Civic Education

Deputy chair of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief supporters’ association in Saxony/Thuringia
Co-spokesperson for the Gera Railway Alliance
Member of the SPD Economic Forum’s political advisory committee
Associate member of the SPD executive committee in Thuringia