Sören Bartol (born 4 September 1974) is a German

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of the

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(SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2002. In addition to his parliamentary work, Bartol has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the

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(2021–2025) and in the

Friedrich Merz Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (; ; born 11November 1955) is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025. He has also served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January 2022, leading the CDU/CSU ...

(since 2025).

Political career

Bartol has been a member of the German

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since the 2002 federal election, representing the electoral district of

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. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of

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's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian

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) and the SPD following the 2013 federal elections, Bartol was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on transport, building and infrastructure, led by

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and Florian Pronold. From 2013 until 2021, Bartol served as deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group under the leadership of successive chairpersons

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(2013–2017),

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(2017–2019) and Rolf Mützenich (2019–2021). In the negotiations to form a fourth coalition government under Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, he again led the working group on transport and infrastructure, this time alongside

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and

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. Bartol is a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America, the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South America – which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with

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– and the German-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

Corporate boards

* KfW, ex-officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2018) * INOSOFT AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (-2013)

Non-profit organizations

* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums
Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , press release of July 1, 2020. *

Evangelical Church of Hesse Electorate-Waldeck The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck (; EKKW) is a United Protestant church body in former Hesse-Cassel and the Waldeck part of the former Free State of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Constitution The EKKW is a full member of the Protestant Churc ...

School Foundation, Member of the Board (since 2005) * Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie, Member * Federal Foundation of Baukultur, Member of the Board of Trustees (2009-2012) * Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council (2009-2014) * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

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