Jakob von Weizsäcker
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Jakob von Weizsäcker (born 4 March 1970) is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President of the Saarland Anke Rehlinger since the 2022 state elections.[1]
Quick Facts State Minister of Finance of Saarland, Preceded by ...
Jakob von Weizsäcker | |
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State Minister of Finance of Saarland | |
Assumed office 26 April 2022 | |
Preceded by | Peter Strobel |
Member of the European Parliament | |
In office 1 July 2014 – 6 January 2019 | |
Constituency | Germany |
Personal details | |
Born | (1970-03-04) 4 March 1970 (age 54) Heidelberg, Germany |
Political party | German Social Democratic Party EU Party of European Socialists |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of Bonn |
Website | jakob |
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Weizsäcker previously served as head of the Secretariat of the G20 Joint Finance-Health Task Force on Pandemic Preparedness in 2022 and as the chief economist of the German Ministry of Finance under minister Olaf Scholz from 2019 to 2022. Before, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Thuringia, Germany for the 8th European Parliament (2014–2019).