Elisabeth Kaiser Explained

Elisabeth Kaiser
Office:	Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:	2017
Birth Date:	1987 3, df=yes
Birth Place:	Gera, East Germany
Party:	SPD
Nationality:	German

Elisabeth Kaiser (Lier, born 4 March 1987) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017.^[1]

In addition to her parliamentary work, Kaiser has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2023.^[2]

Early career

During her studies, Kaiser worked at Telefónica Germany from 2011 until 2012.^[3] She later worked at the German Society for Policy Advice (2013–2014) and as press spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group in the State Parliament of Thuringia (2014–2017).

Political career

Kaiser became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing the Gera – Greiz – Altenburger Land district.^[4] She is a member of the Committee for Home Affairs and the Committee for Construction, Housing, Urban Development and Communities.^{[5] [6]}

In addition to her committee assignments, Kaiser has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019.

Other activities

• German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2024)^[7]
• German Foundation for Active Citizenship and Volunteering (DSEE), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)^[8]
• Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)^[9]
• Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)^[10]
• Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)
• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member^[11]

External links

• • Bundestag biography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elisabeth Kaiser Abgeordnetenwatch. www.abgeordnetenwatch.de. de. 2020-03-20.
2. Sabine Schicketanz (25 April 2023), Bundesministerin Geywitz entscheidet: Elisabeth Kaiser wird neue Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin Der Tagesspiegel.
3. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/kaiser_elisabeth-863132 Elisabeth Kaiser
4. Web site: Elisabeth Kaiser, MdB. 2017-09-25. SPD-Bundestagsfraktion. de. 2020-03-20.
5. Web site: German Bundestag - Committee on Internal Affairs and Community. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-20.
6. Web site: German Bundestag - Committee on Building, Housing, Urban Development and Local Government. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-20.
7. https://www.bmuv.de/pressemitteilung/steffi-lemke-beruft-neue-mitglieder-in-das-kuratorium-der-deutschen-bundesstiftung-umwelt Steffi Lemke beruft neue Mitglieder in das Kuratorium der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt
8. https://www.deutsche-stiftung-engagement-und-ehrenamt.de/stiftungsrat/ Board of Trusteees
9. https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums
10. https://www.bpb.de/die-bpb/51246/kuratorium Board of Trustees
11. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/K/kaiser_elisabeth-863132 Elisabeth Kaiser