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Dr Michael Schäfer

State Secretary and Head of Administration at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Inga Haar, the German Bundestag Download image
Date of birth:
22 November 1961
Educational background:
Political scientist

Political career

  • September 2022 to May 2025 State Secretary, Secretary-General of the German Bundestag
  • January 2022 to August 2022 Administration of the German Bundestag, Director-General for Information and Documentation
  • October 2014 to December 2021 Party manager of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag
  • December 2013 to September 2014 Federal Foreign Office, Political Staff, Head of Division 011, Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs
  • 2009 to 2013 Policy officer in the office of Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group
  • 2005 to 2009 Policy officer in the office of Dr Peter Struck, the Chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group
  • April 2005 to November 2005 Federal Ministry of Defence, Political Staff, Policy officer in the office of Federal Minister Dr Peter Struck
  • 1997 to 2005 various German Bundestag positions