Leadership of the ministry Johann Saathoff

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Johann Saathoff, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, you can find more portrait photos of the Parliamentary State Secretary here

born on 9 December 1967 in Emden, Lower Saxony

Curriculum Vitae

since May 2025
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

2021 bis 2025
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community

2021
Re-elected to the German Bundestag in the constituency Aurich-Emden. Directly elected to the Aurich district council

2020/2021
Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries (from August 2020 to December 2021)

2017
Re-elected to the German Bundestag in the constituency Aurich-Emden

2013
Directly elected to the German Bundestag in the constituency Aurich-Emden

2013
Elected as chair of the Aurich subdistrict branch of the SPD

2011
Re-elected as mayor of the municipality of Krummhörn

2003
Elected first full-time mayor of the municipality of Krummhörn

1993 to 2003
Ostfriesland university of applied sciences, most recent position as Regierungsoberamtsrat

1990
Appointed as administrative officer on probation, head of the unit responsible for civil servants’ remuneration, Weser-Ems regional government, Aurich branch office

1990
Career examination for the higher intermediate administrative service; degree in public administration (university of applied sciences)

1987 to 1990
Administrative officer trainee, Lüneburg regional government

1987
Abitur (higher education entrance qualification), Johannes-Althusius-Gymnasium, Emden