Career
In 2005 he became general secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (Social Democratic Party of Germany). In September 2009, after immense losses for the Social Democratic Party of Germany during the German federal election, Heil announced his resignation from this position for November. Andrea Nahles succeeded him as general secretary in November 2009.
Hubertus Heil joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1988.
At first he was engaged at the Jusos and he was their chairman in the district of Braunschweig from 1991 to 1995. Today he is deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in Braunschweig.
In November 2005 the then designated party leader Matthias Platzeck proposed the relatively unknown Heil as candidate for the new secretary general, after Franz Müntefering had resigned as Social Democratic Party of Germany chairman and the elected general secretary Andrea Nahles had abandoned. Heil was elected new general secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, but he received only 61,2% of the votes, about 20% less than his predecessor Klaus Uwe Benneter.
Heil has described himself as an anti-communist.
In 2012, Heil proposed a special panel in the Federal Chancellery to help overcome professional skill shortages, comprising representatives of industry, unions as well as the federal labor agency and regional and community associations. Berliner Republik magazine, Publisher
Klaus Dieter Arndt Foundation, Deputy Chairman of the Board (2002-2005).
Politics
After receiving his Abitur in 1992 Heil first served his Zivildienst, then began studying sociology and political science at the University of Potsdam and the FernUniversität Hagen in 1995. From 1995 to 1997 Heil was executive director of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arbeitnehmerfragen, a leftist caucus in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, representing the workers" wing of the party, although he was reputed to belong to the undogmatical reform socialist wing during his Juso time. In the negotiations to form a grand coalition following the 2013 national elections, Heil led the Social Democratic Party of Germany delegation in the working group on economic affairs
Her co-chair from the Christian Democratic Union/Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) was Ilse Aigner.
Membership
Netzwerk Berlin; Atlantik-Brücke. Joint Committee; Joint Committee]
He currently serves as advisory member of the Commission for Fundamental Values of the Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, a body led by Gesine Schwan. Heil has been a member of the Bundestag since the 1998 German elections, representing the electoral district of Gifhorn-Peine.
Between 1998 and 2005, he was a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs.
He was a member of the executive board of the Social Democratic Party of Germany"s parliamentary group under the leadership of Franz Müntefering from 2002 to 2004. Since 2009, he has been serving as deputy chairman of the group.
FernUniversität Hagen, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (2013-present)
KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2010-present)
Leibniz Association, Member of the Senate
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Member of the Presidium (2009-present)
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway, Member of the Advisory Board (2003-2005)
ZDF, Member of the Television Board (2009-2010).