Joe Weingarten
Joe Weingarten  | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 2019–2025  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1962 Bad Kreuznach, West Germany (now Germany)  | 
| Citizenship | German | 
| Nationality | |
| Political party | SPD | 
| Children | 3 | 
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
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
- Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2022)[7]
 
Political positions
Ahead of the 2025 national elections, Weingarten endorsed Boris Pistorius as the Social Democrats' candidate to succeed Chancellor Olaf Scholz.[8]
References
- ^ Deshalb verwende ich den Begriff ‚Gesindel‘ auch weiter
 - ^ Joe Weingarten und das „Gesindel“: Mitglieder der Mainzer SPD legen Parteiaustritt nahe – CDU hinterfragt Rolle von Denis Alt
 - ^ Dr. Joe Weingarten, SPD
 - ^ Joe Weingarten Bundestag.
 - ^ Joe Weingarten Bundestag.
 - ^ Boris Herrmann (29 May 2023), Tiere am Arbeitsplatz: Hund und Mandat vereinbaren Süddeutsche Zeitung.
 - ^ Advisory Board, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS).
 - ^ Guy Chazan (17 November 2024), SPD politician joins calls for Pistorius to replace Scholz as election candidate Financial Times.
 
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