Joe Weingarten

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Joe Weingarten
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Member of the Bundestag
In office
2019–2025
Personal details
Born (1962-03-17) 17 March 1962 (age 64)
CitizenshipGerman
NationalityFile:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
PartySPD
Children3

Joe Weingarten (born 17 March 1962 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German Social Democratic Party of Germany politician who has been a member of the Bundestag since 1 November 2019 til 18 March 2025.[1][2][3]

Political career

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In parliament, Weingarten served on the Defense Committee as well as on the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Weingarten has been serving as deputy chair of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East since 2022.[5] In 2023, he joined a cross-party working group on dogs.[6]

In February 2025, Weingarten lost his seat in Bundestag in district Kreuznach against Julia Klöckner.

Other activities

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Political positions

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Ahead of the 2025 national elections, Weingarten endorsed Boris Pistorius as the Social Democrats' candidate to succeed Chancellor Olaf Scholz.[8]

References

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