- Date of birth:
- 3 May 1968
- Place of birth:
- Walsum (now Duisburg)
- 1984 Secondary school leaving certificate with qualification for entry to senior technical school
- 1985 to 1987 Office assistant training at Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft
- 1986 to 1988 Youth and trainee representative at Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft
- 1987 to 2001 Clerk at Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft and later at the company's health insurance fund
- Since 1988, Member of the Social Democratic Party
- 1988 to 1998 Member of the works council and employee representative on the supervisory board of Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft
- 1994 to 1997 Social insurance clerk training
- 2000 to 2002 health insurance administrator training parallel to full-time work
- 2003 Acquisition of the trainer qualification
- 2002 to 2006 Deputy chair of the company health insurance fund Energie, Verkehr & Service
- 2005 to 2007 Evening studies in Human Resource Management (Administration School)
- 2007 to 2009 Head of Human Resources department at the company health insurance fund "BKK futur"
- Since 2009, Member of the German Bundestag
- 2013 to 2019 Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- Since 2013, Member of the executive committee of the SPD parliamentary group
- 2019 to 2021 Deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag
- 2021 to 2025 President of the German Bundestag
- Since 6 May 2025, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs