Nils Schmid

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German lawyer and politician (born 1973)

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::summary German lawyer and politician (born 1973) ::

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nameNils Schmid
imageNils Schmid 2012 (cropped).jpg
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captionSchmid in 2012
officeMember of the Bundestag
term_start2017
office1Deputy Minister President of Baden-Württemberg
term_start112 May 2011
term_end111 May 2016
primeminister1Winfried Kretschmann
predecessor1Ulrich Goll
successor1Thomas Strobl
office2Minister of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg
term_start212 May 2011
term_end211 May 2016
primeminister2Winfried Kretschmann
predecessor2Office established
successor2Office abolished
partySocial Democratic Party
birth_date
birth_placeTrier, West Germany
death_date
alma_materUniversity of Tübingen
occupation
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| name = Nils Schmid | image = Nils Schmid 2012 (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Schmid in 2012 | office = Member of the Bundestag | term_start = 2017 | term_end =

| office1 = Deputy Minister President of Baden-Württemberg | term_start1 = 12 May 2011 | term_end1 = 11 May 2016 | primeminister1 = Winfried Kretschmann | predecessor1 = Ulrich Goll | successor1 = Thomas Strobl

| office2 = Minister of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg | term_start2 = 12 May 2011 | term_end2 = 11 May 2016 | primeminister2 = Winfried Kretschmann | predecessor2 = Office established | successor2 = Office abolished

| party = Social Democratic Party | birthname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Trier, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Tübingen | occupation = Nils Schmid (born 11 July 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2017.

In addition to his parliamentary work, Schmid has been serving as a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. From 2018 to 2025, he was the SPD parliamentary group's spokesperson for foreign affairs.

Early life and education

After his Abitur at Eduard Spranger School, Filderstadt, in 1993, Schmid studied law at the University of Tübingen. He worked as a lawyer, and in 2006 he received his doctorate (summa cum laude) (under the supervision of Ferdinand Kirchhof) from Tübingen University. But then he gave up his professional career in favour of politics.

Political career

Career in state politics

Schmid joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1991; and in 1993, he was already elected chairman of the Esslingen district of the Young Socialists in the SPD, becoming deputy chairman of the Young Socialists of Baden-Württemberg in 1996.

In the 1996 state elections Schmid became a member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg. There he gradually developed into his party's main speaker on financial affairs. He was elected deputy leader of his parliamentary group.

In 2009, Schmid succeeded Ute Vogt and became the leader of his party in Baden-Württemberg after winning an internal poll among its members. Together with Barbara Hendricks, Hannelore Kraft, Heiko Maas and Manuela Schwesig, he co-chaired the SPD's 2010 national convention in Berlin.

Deputy Minister-President, 2011–2016

After the 2011 state elections, lying only one parliamental seat behind the Greens, Schmid became Deputy Minister-President as well as Minister of Financial and Economic Affairs in the government of Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann of Baden-Württemberg. In this capacity, he was also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the French Senate as well as of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Russian Federation Council.

In the negotiations to form a grand coalition following the 2013 federal elections, Schmid was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on economic policy, led by Ilse Aigner and Hubertus Heil.

Following his party's loss in the 2016 state elections, Schmid's term in government ended in May 2016; he was succeeded by Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut. Later that year, he announced that he would run in the 2017 national elections.

Member of the German Bundestag, 2017–present

Schmid has been a member of the German Bundestag since September 2017, representing Nürtingen. He serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, where he is the SPD parliamentary group's spokesperson. Since 2019, he has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Schmid was part of his party's delegation in the working group on foreign policy, defence, development cooperation and human rights, co-chaired by Heiko Maas, Omid Nouripour and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff. In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, she was again part of the SPD delegation in the working group on foreign affairs, defense, development cooperation and human rights, this time led by Johann Wadephul, Florian Hahn and Svenja Schulze.

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • Baden-Württemberg International, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2011–2016)
  • L-Bank, Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2011–2016)
  • Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2011–2016)
  • EnBW, Member of the Supervisory Board (2011–2016)
  • KfW, Member of the Supervisory Board (2011–2016)

Non-profit organisations

References

References

  1. Felix Kiefer and Daniel Friedrich Sturm (5 May 2025), [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/spd-verstandigt-sich-auf-regierungsteam-faeser-und-esken-sind-raus-bas-wird-arbeitsministerin-13637155.html SPD verständigt sich auf Regierungsteam: Faeser und Esken sind raus, Bas wird Arbeitsministerin] ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]''.
  2. "Nils Schmid: Der Anti-Mappus – Nils Schmid – FOCUS Online – Nachrichten". Focus.de.
  3. [https://www.spd.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/Beschluesse/Bundesparteitag/2010_bpt_berlin_protokoll.pdf Protokoll des außerordentlichen Bundesparteitages 2010, Berlin] [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD).
  4. "Werdegang – Nils Schmid – Minister für Finanzen und Wirtschaft | Landesvorsitzender der SPD-Baden-Württemberg | MdL für Reutlingen". Nils-schmid.de.
  5. Thomas Maron (29 September 2016), [http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.bundestagswahl-2017-nils-schmid-auf-dem-weg-in-den-bundestag.112bfae4-f714-4586-88a1-ae33b80e5531.html Nils Schmid auf dem Weg in den Bundestag] ''[[Stuttgarter Zeitung]]''.
  6. [https://www.bundestag.de/dfv Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly] {{Webarchive. link. (24 May 2019 Deutscher Bundestag.)
  7. [https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/ampel-koalition-das-sind-die-verhandlungsteams-von-spd.1939.de.html Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP]{{Dead link. (June 2024)
  8. [https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/badenwuerttemberg/swr-koalitionsverhandlungen-bw-politiker-leiten-fuenf-arbeitsgruppen-hagel-uebernimmt-digitales-100.html Koalitionsverhandlungen: BW-Politiker leiten fünf Arbeitsgruppen - Hagel übernimmt Digitales] ''[[Tagesschau (German TV programme). Tagesschau]]'', 12 March 2025.
  9. [https://www.kfw.de/PDF/Download-Center/Finanzpublikationen/PDF-Dokumente-Berichte-etc/1_Gesch%C3%A4ftsberichte/Gescha%CC%88ftsbericht_2011_BF_D.pdf 2011 Annual Report] [[KfW]].
  10. (7 June 2018). "Bernd Westphal wird neuer Beirats-Vorsitzender beim Wirtschaftsforum der SPD". Business Forum of the SPD.
  11. [https://www.dfi.de/de/DFI/ueber_vorstand.shtml Board] [[Franco-German Institute]] (DFI).
  12. [https://www.fes.de/stiftung/organigramm-gremien/mitgliederversammlung/ Members] [[Friedrich Ebert Foundation]] (FES).
  13. [http://www.tcci-de.org/advisory-board/# Advisory Board] {{Webarchive. link. (28 January 2018 Turkey: Culture of Change Initiative (TCCI).)

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