Employment promotion Basic income support for jobseekers Skilled labour and migration Overview Skilled Labour Strategy Measures and Networks Support of Migration and Integration Vocational Language Courses Transformation of the world of work Minimum Wage Labour Law Occupational Safety and Health
Social Insurance Statutory accident insurance Old-age security in Germany Social Assistance Socialcompensation law Health Care Participation and inclusion
Europe Overview: Europe Frequently asked questions for Ukrainian refugees Employment and social policy in the EU Working in another EU country Overview Legal framework Free movement of workers Posting of workers Access to social benefits and exclusion from benefits Information and advice Social security coordination Fair mobility Free trade agreements Migration from third countries European Funds Overview: Europeean Funds European Social Fund (ESF) European Globalisation Fund (EGF) Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) International Overview: International International Employment and Social Policy Labour and Social Policy at the G7/G20 Levels Corporate Social Responsibility Twinning in Labour and Social Policy (Administrative partnerships) Bilateral social security agreements outside the European Union International Organisations
Contact Publications Overview: Publications Shopping cart Videos Press Overview: Press Recent Publications Press photos Overview: Press photos Press photos of the minister Press photos of the state secretaries RSS
BMAS at a Glance Political Staff Visitor Centre
Labour Skilled labour and migration Social Affairs Europe and the World Europe Working in another EU country European Funds International Services Publications Press Press photos The Ministry

Article

Kerstin Griese

Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Susie Knoll Download image

Date of Birth: 6 December 1966

Education:

M.A. in history and political science, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf.

Political career:

  • 2009–10: head of the social policy department of the Diakonisches Werk der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (the social welfare organisation of the protestant church).
  • Since 2008: spokeswoman for the working group on Christians in the SPD.
  • 2008 - 2018: chairwoman of the Mettmann county branch of the SPD.
  • 2000–09 and since 2010: member of the German Bundestag. Since 2000: member of the "Netzwerk Berlin" (the new SPD generation’s reform network). 2001–02: spokesperson of the "Youngsters" in the SPD parliamentary group. 2002–09: chairwomanof the committee on family affairs, senior citizens, women and youth in the Bundestag. 2006–09 and since 2011: special representative of the SPD parliamentary group on churches and religious communities. Since 2014: chairwoman of the committee on labour and social affairs.
  • Since 2003: member of the Synod of the protestant church "Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland".
  • 1995–11 and since 2013: member of the SPD national executive committee. 1996–99: chairperson of the SPD's national committee on youth affairs. 2006–09: chairperson of the SPD's national committee on children and family affairs.
  • 1989–93: member of the federal executive committee of the Young Socialist student groups and the Young socialists (Jusos). 1994–97: deputy chairwoman of the Lower Rhine district branch of the Young Socialists.
  • 1989–90: chairperson of the Heinrich Heine University's student council. 1990–92: president of the Heinrich Heine University's student parliament.
  • Since 1986: member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
  • 1987–2000: staff member of the Memorial Centre for the Victims of National Socialism in Düsseldorf. Publications on persecution and resistance, and psychiatry in Nazi Germany; German-Jewish history; and educational remembrance in memorial centres.